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17.\" $FreeBSD$
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19.Dd April 13, 2008
20.Dt RUM 4
21.Os
22.Sh NAME
23.Nm rum
24.Nd Ralink Technology USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network device
25.Sh SYNOPSIS
26To compile this driver into the kernel,
27place the following lines in your
28kernel configuration file:
29.Bd -ragged -offset indent
30.Cd "device ehci"
31.Cd "device uhci"
32.Cd "device ohci"
33.Cd "device usb"
34.Cd "device rum"
35.Cd "device wlan"
36.Cd "device wlan_amrr"
37.Ed
38.Pp
39Alternatively, to load the driver as a
40module at boot time, place the following line in
41.Xr loader.conf 5 :
42.Bd -literal -offset indent
43if_rum_load="YES"
44.Ed
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm
48driver supports USB 2.0 and PCI Express Mini Card wireless adapters
49based on the Ralink RT2501USB and RT2601USB chipsets.
50.Pp
51Ralink PCI Express Mini Card adapters show up as normal USB 2.0
52devices and are thus handled by the
53.Nm
54driver.
55.Pp
56The RT2501USB chipset is the second generation of 802.11a/b/g adapters from
57Ralink.
58It consists of two integrated chips, an RT2571W MAC/BBP and an RT2528 or
59RT5226 radio transceiver.
60.Pp
61The RT2601USB chipset consists of two integrated chips, an RT2671
62MAC/BBP and an RT2527 or RT5225 radio transceiver.
63This chipset uses the MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) technology
64with multiple antennas to extend the operating range of the adapter
65and to achieve higher throughput.
66.Pp
67.Nm
68supports
69.Cm station ,
70.Cm adhoc ,
71.Cm hostap ,
72and
73.Cm monitor
74mode operation.
75Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
76For more information on configuring this device, see
77.Xr ifconfig 8 .
78.Sh HARDWARE
79The
80.Nm
81driver supports USB 2.0 wireless
82adapters based on the Ralink RT2501USB and RT2601USB chipsets,
83including:
84.Pp
85.Bl -column -compact "Atlantis Land A02-PCM-W54" "Bus"
86.It Em Card Ta Em Bus
87.It "3Com Aolynk WUB320g" Ta USB
88.It "Abocom WUG2700 Ta" Ta USB
89.It "Airlink101 AWLL5025" Ta USB
90.It "ASUS WL-167g ver 2" Ta USB
91.It "Belkin F5D7050 ver 3" Ta USB
92.It "Belkin F5D9050 ver 3" Ta USB
93.It "Buffalo WLI-U2-SG54HP" Ta USB
94.It "Buffalo WLI-U2-SG54HG" Ta USB
95.It "Buffalo WLI-U2-G54HP" Ta USB
96.It "Buffalo WLI-UC-G" Ta USB
97.It "CNet CWD-854 ver F" Ta USB
98.It "Conceptronic C54RU ver 2" Ta USB
99.It "Corega CG-WLUSB2GO" Ta USB
100.It "D-Link DWA-110" Ta USB
101.It "D-Link DWA-111" Ta USB
102.It "D-Link DWL-G122 rev C1" Ta USB
103.It "D-Link WUA-1340" Ta USB
104.It "Digitus DN-7003GR" Ta USB
105.It "Edimax EW-7318USG" Ta USB
106.It "Gigabyte GN-WB01GS" Ta USB
107.It "Gigabyte GN-WI05GS" Ta USB
108.It "Hawking HWUG1" Ta USB
109.It "Hawking HWU54DM" Ta USB
110.It "Hercules HWGUSB2-54-LB" Ta USB
111.It "Hercules HWGUSB2-54V2-AP" Ta USB
112.It "LevelOne WNC-0301USB v3" Ta USB
113.It "Linksys WUSB54G rev C" Ta USB
114.It "Linksys WUSB54GR" Ta USB
115.It "Planex GW-US54HP" Ta USB
116.It "Planex GW-US54Mini2" Ta USB
117.It "Planex GW-USMM" Ta USB
118.It "Senao NUB-3701" Ta USB
119.It "Sitecom WL-113 ver 2" Ta USB
120.It "Sitecom WL-172" Ta USB
121.It "Sweex LW053" Ta USB
122.It "TP-LINK TL-WN321G" Ta USB
123.El
124.Sh EXAMPLES
125Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
126.Bd -literal -offset indent
127ifconfig wlan create wlandev rum0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
128    netmask 0xffffff00
129.Ed
130.Pp
131Join a specific BSS network with network name
132.Dq Li my_net :
133.Pp
134.Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev rum0 ssid my_net up"
135.Pp
136Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
137.Bd -literal -offset indent
138ifconfig wlan create wlandev rum0 ssid my_net \e
139	wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
140.Ed
141.Pp
142Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
143.Bd -literal -offset indent
144ifconfig wlan create wlandev rum0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \e
145    wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
146.Ed
147.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
148.Bl -diag
149.It "rum%d: could not load 8051 microcode"
150An error occurred while attempting to upload the microcode to the onboard 8051
151microcontroller unit.
152The driver will reset the hardware.
153This should not happen.
154.El
155.Sh SEE ALSO
156.Xr intro 4 ,
157.Xr netintro 4 ,
158.Xr usb 4 ,
159.Xr wlan 4 ,
160.Xr wlan_amrr 4 ,
161.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
162.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
163.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
164.Xr wlan_xauth 4 ,
165.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
166.Xr hostapd 8 ,
167.Xr wpa_supplicant 8 .
168.Rs
169.%T "Ralink Technology"
170.%U http://www.ralinktech.com/
171.Re
172.Sh HISTORY
173The
174.Nm
175driver first appeared in
176.Ox 4.0 .
177.Sh AUTHORS
178The original
179.Nm
180driver was written by
181.An Niall O'Higgins Aq niallo@openbsd.org
182and
183.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien@openbsd.org .
184.Sh BUGS
185Host AP mode doesn't support client power save.
186Clients using power save mode will experience
187packet loss (disabling power saving on the client will fix this).
188