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.Dd September 30, 2014
.Dt IPHETH 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ipheth
.Nd "USB Apple iPhone/iPad tethered Ethernet driver"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
following line in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
if_ipheth_load="YES"
.Ed
.Pp
Alternatively, to compile this driver into the kernel, place the
following lines in your kernel configuration file:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.Cd "device uhci"
.Cd "device ohci"
.Cd "device usb"
.Cd "device ipheth"
.Ed
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for network access through Apple
iPhone and iPad devices, often referred to as USB tethering.
.Pp
.Nm
should work with any Apple iPhone or iPad device.
In most cases this must be explicitly enabled on the device first.
.Pp
For more information on configuring this device, see
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
The device does not support different media types or options.
.Sh HARDWARE
The following devices are supported by the
.Nm
driver:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
Apple iPhone tethering (all models)
.It
Apple iPad tethering (all models)
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr arp 4 ,
.Xr cdce 4 ,
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr netintro 4 ,
.Xr urndis 4 ,
.Xr usb 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Xr usbconfig 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
.Fx 8.2 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Hans Petter Selasky Aq Mt hselasky@FreeBSD.org .
.Sh BUGS
Some devices may need to be manually configured to use an alternative
configuration with the
.Xr usbconfig 8
utility.
A command similar to
.Dl usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 set_config 3
may be required if the device is not recognised automatically by
.Nm
after it is connected.