iwi(4)
NAME
- iwi - Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11
- driver
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following
lines in your
kernel configuration file:
device iwi
device pci
device wlan
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time,
place the
following line in loader.conf(5):
if_iwi_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
- The iwi driver provides support for Intel PRO/Wireless
- 2200BG/2915ABG
MiniPCI and 2225BG PCI network adapters. - By default, the iwi 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 iwicontrol(8) from the IWI 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 iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00- Join a specific BSS network with network name ``my_net'':
ifconfig iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00- ssid my_net
- Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
ifconfig iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00- ssid my_net wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890
- Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
ifconfig iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00- ssid my_net wepmode on wepkey
- 0x01020304050607080910111213
DIAGNOSTICS
- iwi%d: device timeout The driver will reset the hardware.
- This should
not happen. - iwi%d: Please load firmware The required firmware has not
- been loaded
into the card, and therefore the card cannot operate. Load - the firmware
with iwicontrol(8) before proceeding.
SEE ALSO
an(4), ath(4), ipw(4), pci(4), wi(4), wlan(4), ifconfig(8),
iwicontrol(8), wicontrol(8)
The IWI Web Page, http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/.
AUTHORS
- The iwi driver was written by Damien Bergamini
- <damien@FreeBSD.org>.
- BSD July 16, 2005