NAME¶
urtw
—
Realtek RTL8187B/L USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless
network device
SYNOPSIS¶
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel
configuration file:
device ehci
device uhci
device ohci
device usb
device urtw
device wlan
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following
line in
loader.conf(5):
DESCRIPTION¶
The
urtw
driver supports USB 802.11b/g
wireless adapters based on the Realtek RTL8187B/L.
urtw
supports
station
and
monitor
mode operation. Only one virtual
interface may be configured at any time. For more information on configuring
this device, see
ifconfig(8).
HARDWARE¶
The
urtw
driver supports Realtek RTL8187B/L
based wireless network devices, including:
Card |
Radio |
Bus |
Belkin F5D7050E |
RTL8225 |
USB |
Linksys WUSB54GCv2 |
RTL8225 |
USB |
Netgear WG111v2 |
RTL8225 |
USB |
Netgear WG111v3 |
RTL8225 |
USB |
Safehome WLG-1500SMA5 |
RTL8225 |
USB |
Shuttle XPC Accessory PN20 |
RTL8225 |
USB |
Sitecom WL168v1 |
RTL8225 |
USB |
Sitecom WL168v4 |
RTL8225 |
USB |
SureCom EP-9001-g(2A) |
RTL8225 |
USB |
TRENDnet TEW-424UB V3.xR |
RTL8225 |
USB |
EXAMPLES¶
Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 inet 192.168.0.20 \
netmask 0xffffff00
Join a specific BSS network with network name
“
my_net
”:
ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0
ssid my_net up
Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 ssid my_net \
wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
SEE ALSO¶
intro(4),
netintro(4),
usb(4),
wlan(4),
wlan_ccmp(4),
wlan_tkip(4),
wlan_wep(4),
ifconfig(8),
wpa_supplicant(8)
Realtek,
http://www.realtek.com.tw.
HISTORY¶
The
urtw
device driver first appeared in
FreeBSD 8.0.
AUTHORS¶
The
urtw
driver was written by
Weongyo Jeong
⟨weongyo@FreeBSD.org⟩.