ipw(4)
NAME
ipw - Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11 driver
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following
lines in your
kernel configuration file:
device ipw
device pci
device wlan
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time,
place the
following lines in loader.conf(5):
if_ipw_load="YES"
wlan_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
- The ipw driver provides support for the Intel PRO/Wireless
- 2100 MiniPCI
network adapter. - By default, the ipw driver configures the adapter for BSS
- operation (aka
infrastructure mode). This mode requires the use of an ac - cess point.
- For more information on configuring this device, see ifcon
- fig(8).
- This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will
- work. You need
to obtain ipwcontrol(8) from the IPW web page listed below - to accomplish
loading the firmware before ifconfig(8) will work.
EXAMPLES
- Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access
- point):
ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00- Join a specific BSS network with network name ``my_net'':
ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00- ssid my_net
- Join a specific BSS network with 40-bit WEP encryption:
ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00- ssid my_net wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890
- Join a specific BSS network with 104-bit WEP encryption:
ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00- ssid my_net wepmode on wepkey
- 0x01020304050607080910111213
DIAGNOSTICS
- ipw%d: device timeout The driver will reset the hardware.
- This should
not happen. - ipw%d: Please load firmware The required firmware has not
- been loaded
into the card, and therefore the card cannot operate. Load - the firmware
with ipwcontrol(8) before proceeding.
SEE ALSO
an(4), ath(4), iwi(4), pci(4), wi(4), wlan(4), ifconfig(8),
ipwcontrol(8), wicontrol(8)
The IPW Web Page, http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/.
AUTHORS
- The ipw driver was written by Damien Bergamini
- <damien@FreeBSD.org>.
- BSD July 16, 2005