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