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35.Dd November 1, 2008
36.Dt ZYD 4
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm zyd
40.Nd ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42To compile this driver into the kernel,
43place the following lines in your
44kernel configuration file:
45.Bd -ragged -offset indent
46.Cd "device ehci"
47.Cd "device uhci"
48.Cd "device ohci"
49.Cd "device usb"
50.Cd "device zyd"
51.Cd "device wlan"
52.Cd "device wlan_amrr"
53.Ed
54.Pp
55Alternatively, to load the driver as a
56module at boot time, place the following line in
57.Xr loader.conf 5 :
58.Bd -literal -offset indent
59if_zyd_load="YES"
60.Ed
61.Sh DESCRIPTION
62The
63.Nm
64driver provides support for wireless network adapters based around
65the ZyDAS ZD1211 and ZD1211B USB chips.
66.Pp
67.Nm
68supports
69.Cm station
70and
71.Cm monitor
72mode operation.
73Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
74For more information on configuring this device, see
75.Xr ifconfig 8 .
76.Sh HARDWARE
77The following devices are known to be supported by the
78.Nm
79driver:
80.Pp
81.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
82.It 3COM 3CRUSB10075
83.It Acer WLAN-G-US1
84.It Airlink+ AWLL3025
85.It Airlink 101 AWLL3026
86.It AOpen 802.11g WL54
87.It Asus A9T integrated wireless
88.It Asus WL-159g
89.It Belkin F5D7050 v.4000
90.It Billion BiPAC 3011G
91.It Buffalo WLI-U2-KG54L
92.It CC&C WL-2203B
93.It DrayTek Vigor 550
94.It Edimax EW-7317UG
95.It Edimax EW-7317LDG
96.It Fiberline Networks WL-43OU
97.It iNexQ UR055g
98.It Linksys WUSBF54G
99.It Longshine LCS-8131G3
100.It MSI US54SE
101.It MyTek MWU-201 USB adapter
102.It Philips SNU5600
103.It Planet WL-U356
104.It Planex GW-US54GZ
105.It Planex GW-US54GZL
106.It Planex GW-US54Mini
107.It Safecom SWMULZ-5400
108.It Sagem XG 760A
109.It Sagem XG 76NA
110.It Sandberg Wireless G54 USB
111.It Sitecom WL-113
112.It SMC SMCWUSB-G
113.It Sweex wireless USB 54 Mbps
114.It Tekram/Siemens USB adapter
115.It Telegent TG54USB
116.It Trendnet TEW-424UB
117.It Trendnet TEW-429UB
118.It TwinMOS G240
119.It Unicorn WL-54G
120.It US Robotics 5423
121.It X-Micro XWL-11GUZX
122.It Yakumo QuickWLAN USB
123.It Zonet ZEW2501
124.It ZyXEL ZyAIR G-220
125.El
126.Sh EXAMPLES
127The following
128example configures zyd0 to join any BSS network using WEP key
129.Dq 0x1deadbeef1 ,
130channel 11:
131.Bd -literal -offset indent
132ifconfig wlan create wlandev zyd0 channel 11 \e
133    wepmode on wepkey 0x1deadbeef1 weptxkey 1 \e
134    inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
135.Ed
136.Pp
137Join an existing BSS network,
138.Dq my_net :
139.Bd -literal -offset indent
140ifconfig wlan create wlandev zyd0 192.168.0.2 \e
141    netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net
142.Ed
143.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
144.Bl -diag
145.It "zyd%d: could not load firmware (error=%d)"
146An error occurred while attempting to upload the firmware to the onboard
147microcontroller unit.
148.It "zyd%d: could not send command (error=%s)"
149An attempt to send a command to the firmware failed.
150.It "zyd%d: sorry, radio %s is not supported yet"
151Support for the specified radio chip is not yet implemented in the driver.
152The device will not attach.
153.It "zyd%d: device version mismatch: 0x%x (only >= 43.30 supported)"
154Early revisions of the ZD1211 chipset are not supported by this driver.
155The device will not attach.
156.It "zyd%d: device timeout"
157A frame dispatched to the hardware for transmission did not complete in time.
158The driver will reset the hardware.
159This should not happen.
160.El
161.Sh SEE ALSO
162.Xr intro 4 ,
163.Xr netintro 4 ,
164.Xr usb 4 ,
165.Xr wlan 4 ,
166.Xr wlan_amrr 4 ,
167.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
168.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
169.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
170.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
171.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
172.Sh AUTHORS
173.An -nosplit
174The original
175.Nm
176driver was written by
177.An Florian Stoehr Aq ich@florian-stoehr.de ,
178.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien@openbsd.org ,
179and
180.An Jonathan Gray Aq jsg@openbsd.org .
181.Sh CAVEATS
182The
183.Nm
184driver does not support a lot of the functionality available in the hardware.
185More work is required to properly support the IBSS and power management
186features.
187