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33 .Nd "Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11 driver"
35 To compile this driver into the kernel,
36 place the following lines in your
37 kernel configuration file:
38 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
45 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
46 module at boot time, place the following lines in
48 .Bd -literal -offset indent
54 In both cases, place the following lines in
56 to load the firmware modules:
57 .Bd -literal -offset indent
60 ipw_monitor_load="YES"
65 driver provides support for the
67 PRO/Wireless 2100 MiniPCI network adapter.
71 driver configures the adapter for BSS operation (aka infrastructure mode).
72 This mode requires the use of an access point.
74 For more information on configuring this device, see
77 This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work.
78 For the loaded firmware to work the license at
79 .Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/LICENSE
80 must be agreed to and the following line be added to
83 .Dl "legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1"
85 .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/LICENSE" -compact
86 .It Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/LICENSE
91 Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
93 .Dl "ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00"
95 Join a specific BSS network with network name
98 .Dl "ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net"
100 Join a specific BSS network with 40-bit WEP encryption:
101 .Bd -literal -offset indent
102 ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
103 wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1
106 Join a specific BSS network with 104-bit WEP encryption:
107 .Bd -literal -offset indent
108 ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
109 wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
113 .It "ipw%d: device timeout"
114 The driver will reset the hardware.
115 This should not happen.
116 .It "ipw%d: firmware error"
117 The onboard microcontroller crashes for some reason.
118 The driver will reset the hardware.
119 This should not happen.
120 .It "ipw%d: timeout waiting for firmware initialization to complete"
121 The onboard microcontroller failed to initialize in time.
122 This should not happen.
123 .It "ipw%d: could not load firmware image '%s'"
124 The driver failed to load the firmware image using the
127 Verify that the necessary firmware modules are loaded and the
130 tunable has been set.
131 .It "ipw%d: could not load microcode"
132 An attempt to upload the microcode image to the onboard microcontroller failed.
133 This should not happen.
134 .It "ipw%d: could not load firmware"
135 An attempt to upload the firmware image to the onboard microcontroller failed.
136 This should not happen.
147 driver was written by
148 .An Damien Bergamini Aq damien@FreeBSD.org .