NAME¶
iwi
—
Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11
driver
SYNOPSIS¶
To compile this driver into the kernel, include the following lines in your
kernel configuration file:
device iwi
device iwifw
device pci
device wlan
device firmware
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following
line in
loader.conf(5):
In both cases, place the following line in
loader.conf(5) to acknowledge the firmware
license (see below):
legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1
DESCRIPTION¶
The
iwi
driver provides support for Intel
PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG MiniPCI and 2225BG PCI network adapters.
iwi
supports
station
,
adhoc
, and
monitor
mode operation. Only one virtual
interface may be configured at any time. For more information on configuring
this device, see
ifconfig(8).
This driver requires the firmware built with the
iwifw
module to work. For the loaded
firmware to be enabled for use the license at
/usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/LICENSE must
be agreed by adding the following line to
loader.conf(5):
legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1
FILES¶
- /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/LICENSE
iwi
firmware license
EXAMPLES¶
Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 \
netmask 0xffffff00
Join a specific BSS network with network name
“
my_net
”:
ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0
ssid my_net up
Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 ssid my_net \
wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \
wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
DIAGNOSTICS¶
- iwi%d: device timeout
- The driver will reset the hardware. This should not happen.
- iwi%d: firmware error
- The onboard microcontroller crashed for some reason. The driver will reset
the hardware. This should not happen.
- iwi%d: timeout waiting for firmware initialization to complete
- The onboard microcontroller failed to initialize in time. This should not
happen.
- iwi%d: could not load firmware image '%s'
- The driver failed to load the firmware image using the
firmware(9) subsystem. Verify the
iwifw(4) firmware module is installed and the
license agreement loader(8) tunable has been
set.
- iwi%d: could not load boot firmware
- An attempt to upload the boot firmware image to the onboard
microcontroller failed. This should not happen.
- iwi%d: could not load microcode
- An attempt to upload the microcode image to the onboard microcontroller
failed. This should not happen.
- iwi%d: could not load main firmware
- An attempt to upload the main firmware image to the onboard
microcontroller failed. This should not happen.
SEE ALSO¶
iwifw(4),
pci(4),
wlan(4),
wlan_ccmp(4),
wlan_tkip(4),
wlan_wep(4),
ifconfig(8),
wpa_supplicant(8).
AUTHORS¶
The original
iwi
driver was written by
Damien Bergamini
⟨damien.bergamini@free.fr⟩