NAME¶
ipw
—
Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11 driver
SYNOPSIS¶
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel
configuration file:
device ipw
device ipwfw
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_ipw.license_ack=1
DESCRIPTION¶
The
ipw
driver provides support for the Intel
PRO/Wireless 2100 MiniPCI network adapter.
ipw
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
ipwfw
module to work. For the loaded
firmware to be enabled for use the license at
/usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/LICENSE must
be agreed by adding the following line to
loader.conf(5):
legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1
FILES¶
- /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/LICENSE
ipw
firmware license
EXAMPLES¶
Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
ifconfig wlan create wlandev ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 \
netmask 0xffffff00
Join a specific BSS network with network name
“
my_net
”:
ifconfig wlan create wlandev ipw0
ssid my_net up
Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
ifconfig wlan create wlandev ipw0 ssid my_net \
wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
ifconfig wlan create wlandev ipw0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \
wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
DIAGNOSTICS¶
- ipw%d: device timeout
- The driver will reset the hardware. This should not happen.
- ipw%d: firmware error
- The onboard microcontroller crashes for some reason. The driver will reset
the hardware. This should not happen.
- ipw%d: timeout waiting for firmware initialization to complete
- The onboard microcontroller failed to initialize in time. This should not
happen.
- ipw%d: could not load firmware image '%s'
- The driver failed to load the firmware image using the
firmware(9) subsystem. Verify the
ipwfw(4) firmware module is installed and the
license agreement loader(8) tunable has been
set.
- ipw%d: could not load microcode
- An attempt to upload the microcode image to the onboard microcontroller
failed. This should not happen.
- ipw%d: could not load firmware
- An attempt to upload the firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
failed. This should not happen.
SEE ALSO¶
ipwfw(4),
pci(4),
wlan(4),
wlan_ccmp(4),
wlan_tkip(4),
wlan_wep(4),
ifconfig(8),
wpa_supplicant(8)
AUTHORS¶
The original
ipw
driver was written by
Damien Bergamini
⟨damien.bergamini@free.fr⟩.