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16.\" $FreeBSD$
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18.Dd October 7, 2006
19.Os
20.Dt URAL 4
21.Sh NAME
22.Nm ural
23.Nd "Ralink Technology RT2500USB IEEE 802.11 driver"
24.Sh SYNOPSIS
25To compile this driver into the kernel,
26place the following lines in your
27kernel configuration file:
28.Bd -ragged -offset indent
29.Cd "device ehci"
30.Cd "device uhci"
31.Cd "device ohci"
32.Cd "device usb"
33.Cd "device ural"
34.Cd "device wlan"
35.Cd "device wlan_amrr"
36.Ed
37.Pp
38Alternatively, to load the driver as a
39module at boot time, place the following line in
40.Xr loader.conf 5 :
41.Bd -literal -offset indent
42if_ural_load="YES"
43.Ed
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Nm
47driver supports USB 2.0 wireless adapters based on the RT2500USB chipset.
48.Pp
49The RT2500USB chipset consists of two integrated chips, a RT2570 MAC/BBP
50and a radio transceiver (the model of which depends on the card revision).
51.Pp
52The RT2522, RT2523, RT2524, RT2525, RT2525e and RT2526 radio transceivers
53operate in the 2.4GHz band (802.11b/g) whereas the RT5222 is a dual-band radio
54transceiver that can operate in the 2.4GHz and 5.2GHz bands (802.11a).
55.Sh HARDWARE
56The
57.Nm
58driver supports the following adapters:
59.Pp
60.Bl -column -compact ".Li Atlantis Land A02-PCM-W54" "Bus"
61.It Em Card Ta Em Bus
62.It Li "AMIT WL532U" Ta USB
63.It Li "ASUS WL-167g" Ta USB
64.It Li "Belkin F5D7050 v2000" Ta USB
65.It Li "Buffalo WLI-U2-KG54-AI" Ta USB
66.It Li "CNet CWD-854" Ta USB
67.It Li "Compex WLU54G 2A1100" Ta USB
68.It Li "Conceptronic C54RU" Ta USB
69.It Li "D-Link DWL-G122 b1" Ta USB
70.It Li "Dynalink WLG25USB" Ta USB
71.It Li "E-Tech WGUS02" Ta USB
72.It Li "Gigabyte GN-WBKG" Ta USB
73.It Li "Hercules HWGUSB2-54" Ta USB
74.It Li "KCORP LifeStyle KLS-685" Ta USB
75.It Li "Linksys WUSB54G v4" Ta USB
76.It Li "Linksys WUSB54GP v4" Ta USB
77.It Li "MSI MS-6861" Ta USB
78.It Li "MSI MS-6865" Ta USB
79.It Li "MSI MS-6869" Ta USB
80.It Li "NovaTech NV-902" Ta USB
81.It Li "OvisLink Evo-W54USB" Ta USB
82.It Li "SerComm UB801R" Ta USB
83.It Li "SparkLAN WL-685R" Ta USB
84.It Li "Surecom EP-9001-g" Ta USB
85.It Li "Sweex LC100060" Ta USB
86.It Li "Tonze UW-6200C" Ta USB
87.It Li "Zinwell ZWX-G261" Ta USB
88.It Li "Zonet ZEW2500P" Ta USB
89.El
90.Pp
91An up to date list can be found at
92.Pa http://ralink.rapla.net/ .
93.Sh EXAMPLES
94Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
95.Pp
96.Dl "ifconfig ural0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00"
97.Pp
98Join a specific BSS network with network name
99.Dq Li my_net :
100.Pp
101.Dl "ifconfig ural0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net"
102.Pp
103Join a specific BSS network with 40-bit WEP encryption:
104.Bd -literal -offset indent
105ifconfig ural0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
106    wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1
107.Ed
108.Pp
109Join a specific BSS network with 104-bit WEP encryption:
110.Bd -literal -offset indent
111ifconfig ural0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
112    wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
113.Ed
114.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
115.Bl -diag
116.It "ural%d: device timeout"
117The driver will reset the hardware.
118This should not happen.
119.El
120.Sh SEE ALSO
121.Xr altq 4 ,
122.Xr arp 4 ,
123.Xr netintro 4 ,
124.Xr usb 4 ,
125.Xr wlan 4 ,
126.Xr ifconfig 8
127.Rs
128.%T "Ralink Technology"
129.%O http://www.ralinktech.com/
130.Re
131.Sh HISTORY
132The
133.Nm
134driver first appeared in
135.Ox 3.7 .
136.Sh CAVEATS
137.Pp
138The
139.Nm
140driver does not support automatic adaptation of the transmit speed in IBSS
141and HostAP operating modes.
142.Sh AUTHORS
143The
144.Nm
145driver was written by
146.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien@FreeBSD.org .
147