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32 .Nd Realtek RTL8187B/L USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
34 To compile this driver into the kernel,
35 place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
36 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
45 Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time,
46 place the following line in
48 .Bd -literal -offset indent
54 driver supports USB 802.11b/g wireless adapters based on the
63 Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
64 For more information on configuring this device, see
69 driver supports Realtek RTL8187B/L based wireless network devices, including:
71 .Bl -column "Shuttle XPC Accessory PN20" "RTL8225" "USB" -compact -offset 6n
72 .It Em "Card Radio Bus"
73 .It "Belkin F5D7050E RTL8225 USB"
74 .It "Linksys WUSB54GCv2 RTL8225 USB"
75 .It "Netgear WG111v2 RTL8225 USB"
76 .It "Netgear WG111v3 RTL8225 USB"
77 .It "Safehome WLG-1500SMA5 RTL8225 USB"
78 .It "Shuttle XPC Accessory PN20 RTL8225 USB"
79 .It "Sitecom WL168v1 RTL8225 USB"
80 .It "Sitecom WL168v4 RTL8225 USB"
81 .It "SureCom EP-9001-g(2A) RTL8225 USB"
82 .It "TRENDnet TEW-424UB V3.xR RTL8225 USB"
85 Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
86 .Bd -literal -offset indent
87 ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
91 Join a specific BSS network with network name
94 .Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 ssid my_net up"
96 Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
97 .Bd -literal -offset indent
98 ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 ssid my_net \e
99 wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
113 .%U http://www.realtek.com.tw
118 device driver first appeared in
124 driver was written by
126 .Aq weongyo@FreeBSD.org .