NAME¶
wlan_wep
—
WEP crypto support for 802.11 devices
SYNOPSIS¶
device wlan_wep
DESCRIPTION¶
The
wlan_wep
module handles the WEP
cryptographic requirements of the 802.11 protocol. It does encapsulation and
decapsulation of WEP-encoded 802.11 frames and optionally calculates the WEP
cipher. The
wlan_wep
module is an 802.11
cryptographic plugin module for use by the
wlan(4) module. This module is automatically
loaded if a WEP key is configured with
ifconfig(8). Should the underlying network device
not be capable of doing the WEP calculations in hardware, the
wlan_wep
module will do the work.
SEE ALSO¶
wlan(4),
wlan_ccmp(4),
wlan_tkip(4)
STANDARDS¶
More information can be found in the IEEE 802.11 Standard.
HISTORY¶
The
wlan_wep
driver first appeared in
FreeBSD 6.0.