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diff --git a/share/man/man4/urtw.4 b/share/man/man4/urtw.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..58f291f --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/urtw.4 @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Weongyo Jeong +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd October 17, 2009 +.Dt URTW 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm urtw +.Nd Realtek RTL8187B/L USB IEEE 802.11b/g 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 ehci" +.Cd "device uhci" +.Cd "device ohci" +.Cd "device usb" +.Cd "device urtw" +.Cd "device wlan" +.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_urtw_load="YES" +.Ed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver supports USB 802.11b/g wireless adapters based on the +Realtek RTL8187B/L. +.Pp +.Nm +supports +.Cm station +and +.Cm monitor +mode operation. +Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time. +For more information on configuring this device, see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.Sh HARDWARE +The +.Nm +driver supports Realtek RTL8187B/L based wireless network devices, including: +.Pp +.Bl -column "Shuttle XPC Accessory PN20" "RTL8225" "USB" -compact -offset 6n +.It Em "Card Radio Bus" +.It "Belkin F5D7050E RTL8225 USB" +.It "Linksys WUSB54GCv2 RTL8225 USB" +.It "Netgear WG111v2 RTL8225 USB" +.It "Netgear WG111v3 RTL8225 USB" +.It "Safehome WLG-1500SMA5 RTL8225 USB" +.It "Shuttle XPC Accessory PN20 RTL8225 USB" +.It "Sitecom WL168v1 RTL8225 USB" +.It "Sitecom WL168v4 RTL8225 USB" +.It "SureCom EP-9001-g(2A) RTL8225 USB" +.It "TRENDnet TEW-424UB V3.xR RTL8225 USB" +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point): +.Bd -literal -offset indent +ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 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 urtw0 ssid my_net up" +.Pp +Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 ssid my_net \e + wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr usb 4 , +.Xr wlan 4 , +.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 , +.Xr wlan_tkip 4 , +.Xr wlan_wep 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 , +.Xr wpa_supplicant 8 +.Rs +.%T Realtek +.%U http://www.realtek.com.tw +.Re +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Fx 8.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Weongyo Jeong +.Aq weongyo@FreeBSD.org . |