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28.Dd December 7, 2004
29.Dt WLAN_WEP 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm wlan_wep
33.Nd WEP crypto support for 802.11 devices
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Cd "device wlan_wep"
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Nm
39module handles the WEP cryptographic requirements of the 802.11 protocol.
40It does encapsulation and decapsulation of WEP-encoded 802.11 frames
41and optionally calculates the WEP cipher.
42The
43.Nm
44module is an 802.11 cryptographic plugin module for use by the
45.Xr wlan 4
46module.
47This module is automatically loaded if a WEP key is configured with
48.Xr ifconfig 8 .
49Should the underlying network device not be capable of doing the WEP
50calculations in hardware, the
51.Nm
52module will do the work.
53.Sh SEE ALSO
54.Xr wlan 4 ,
55.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
56.Xr wlan_tkip 4
57.Sh STANDARDS
58More information can be found in the IEEE 802.11 Standard.
59.Sh HISTORY
60The
61.Nm
62driver first appeared in
63.Fx 6.0 .
64