.\" $OpenBSD: rtwn.4,v 1.2 2015/07/09 11:28:53 stsp Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2010 Damien Bergamini .\" Copyright (c) 2015 Stefan Sperling .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above .\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. .\" .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES .\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR .\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .Dd October 28, 2015 .Dt RTWN 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm rtwn .Nd Realtek RTL8188CE PCIe IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless network device .Sh SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: .Bd -ragged -offset indent .Cd "device rtwn" .Cd "device rtwnfw" .Cd "device wlan" .Cd "device firmware" .Ed .Pp Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in .Xr loader.conf 5 : .Bd -literal -offset indent if_rtwn_load="YES" .Ed .Pp After you have read the license in .Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek.LICENSE you will want to add the following lines to .Xr loader.conf 5 : .Bd -literal -offset indent legal.realtek.license_ack=1 rtwn-rtl8192cfwU_load="YES" rtwn-rtl8192cfwU_B_load="YES" .Ed .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver supports PCIe wireless network devices based on the Realtek RTL8188CE chipset. .Pp The RTL8188CE is a highly integrated 802.11n adapter that combines a MAC, a 1T1R capable baseband and an RF in a single chip. It operates in the 2GHz spectrum only. .Pp These are the modes the .Nm driver can operate in: .Bl -tag -width "IBSS-masterXX" .It BSS mode Also known as .Em infrastructure mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through which all traffic passes. This mode is the default. .It monitor mode In this mode the driver is able to receive packets without associating with an access point. This disables the internal receive filter and enables the card to capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to, or to scan for access points. .El .Pp The .Nm driver can be configured to use Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK). WPA is the current encryption standard for wireless networks. It is strongly recommended that WEP not be used as the sole mechanism to secure wireless communication, due to serious weaknesses in it. .Pp The .Nm driver can be configured at runtime with .Xr ifconfig 8 . .Sh FILES The driver needs at least version 1.0 of the following firmware files, which are loaded when an interface is brought up: .Pp .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact .It Pa /boot/kernel/rtwn-rtl8192cfwU.ko .It Pa /boot/kernel/rtwn-rtl8192cfwU_B.ko .El .Sh EXAMPLES Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point): .Bd -literal -offset indent ifconfig wlan create wlandev rtwn0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e netmask 0xffffff00 .Ed .Pp Join a specific BSS network with network name .Dq Li my_net : .Pp .Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev rtwn0 ssid my_net up" .Pp Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption: .Bd -literal -offset indent ifconfig wlan create wlandev rtwn0 ssid my_net \e wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up .Ed .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Bl -diag .It "could not read firmware %s" For some reason, the driver was unable to read the microcode file from the filesystem. The file might be missing or corrupted. .It "device timeout" A frame dispatched to the hardware for transmission did not complete in time. The driver will reset the hardware. This should not happen. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pci 4 , .Xr rtwnfw 4 , .Xr wlan 4 , .Xr wlan_ccmp 4 , .Xr wlan_tkip 4 , .Xr wlan_wep 4 , .Xr ifconfig 8 , .Xr wpa_supplicant 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm driver first appeared in .Ox 5.8 . .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm driver was written by .An -nosplit .An Stefan Sperling Aq Mt stsp@openbsd.org and ported by .An Kevin Lo Aq Mt kevlo@freebsd.org . It was based on the .Xr urtwn 4 driver written by .An Damien Bergamini Aq Mt damien.bergamini@free.fr . .Sh CAVEATS The .Nm driver does not support any of the 802.11n capabilities offered by the adapters. Additional work is required in .Xr ieee80211 9 before those features can be supported.