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12*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.\" Copyright 2016 Hans Rosenfeld <rosenfeld@grumpf.hope-2000.org>
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14*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Dd Jun 11, 2016
15*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Dt IWN 4D
16*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Os
17*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Sh NAME
18*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Nm iwn
19*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Nd Intel(R) WiFi Link 4965 and 100/1000/2000/5000/6000 Series Driver
20*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Sh DESCRIPTION
21*bbf21555SRichard LoweThe
22*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Nm
23*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Em 802.11a/g/n
24*bbf21555SRichard Lowewireless NIC driver is a multi-threaded, loadable, clonable,
25*bbf21555SRichard LoweGLDv3-based STREAMS driver supporting the Intel Wifi Link 4965, 100,
26*bbf21555SRichard Lowe1000, 2000, 5000, and 6000 series of NIC's.
27*bbf21555SRichard LoweDriver functions include controller initialization, wireless
28*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Em 802.11
29*bbf21555SRichard Loweinfrastructure network connection, WEP and frame transmit and receive.
30*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Sh CONFIGURATION
31*bbf21555SRichard LoweThe
32*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Nm
33*bbf21555SRichard Lowedriver performs auto-negotiation to determine the data rate and mode
34*bbf21555SRichard LoweSupported data rates are 1, 2, 5.5, and 11 Mbit/sec for
35*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Em 802.11b
36*bbf21555SRichard Loweand
37*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Em 802.11g ,
38*bbf21555SRichard Loweas well as 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 54 Mbit/sec for
39*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Em 802.11a
40*bbf21555SRichard Loweand
41*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Em 802.11g .
42*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Sh FILES
43*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Bl -tag -compact -width Pa
44*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.It Pa /dev/iwn
45*bbf21555SRichard LoweSpecial character device.
46*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.It Pa /kernel/drv/iwn
47*bbf21555SRichard Lowe32-bit ELF kernel module (x86).
48*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.It Pa /kernel/drv/amd64/iwn
49*bbf21555SRichard Lowe64-bit ELF kernel module (x86).
50*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.It Pa /kernel/firmware/iwn/*.ucode
51*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Nm
52*bbf21555SRichard Lowefirmware files
53*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.El
54*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Sh SEE ALSO
55*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Xr dladm 8 ,
56*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Xr wificonfig 8
57*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Pp
58*bbf21555SRichard Lowe.Em 802.11 - Wireless LAN Media  Access Control  and  Physical Layer
59*bbf21555SRichard LoweSpecification- IEEE, 2001
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