NAME¶
wpi
—
Intel 3945ABG Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11 driver
SYNOPSIS¶
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel
configuration file:
device wpi
device wpifw
device pci
device wlan
device wlan_amrr
device firmware
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following
line in
loader.conf(5):
DESCRIPTION¶
The
wpi
driver provides support for the Intel
3945ABG Wireless network adapter.
wpi
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
wpifw
module to work.
FILES¶
- /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/LICENSE
wpi
firmware license
EXAMPLES¶
Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev wpi0 inet 192.168.0.20 \
netmask 0xffffff00
Join a specific BSS network with network name
“
my_net
”:
ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev wpi0
ssid my_net up
Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev wpi0 ssid my_net \
wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev wpi0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \
wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
DIAGNOSTICS¶
- wpi%d: could not load firmware image '%s'
- The driver failed to load the firmware image using the
firmware(9) subsystem. Verify the
wpifw firmware module is installed.
- wpi%d: fatal firmware error
- An unknown error has occurred in the uploaded firmware, you may have to
unload/reload the driver to continue.
- wpi%d: Radio transmitter is switched off
- The hardware switch controlling the radio is currently turned off. Data
transmission is not possible in this state.
SEE ALSO¶
wpifw(4),
pci(4),
wlan(4),
wlan_ccmp(4),
wlan_tkip(4),
wlan_wep(4),
ifconfig(8),
wpa_supplicant(8)
AUTHORS¶
The original
wpi
driver was written for
OpenBSD by
Damien
Bergamini ⟨damien.bergamini@free.fr⟩.
Benjamin Close
⟨benjsc@FreeBSD.org⟩ ported
wpi
to
FreeBSD.
BUGS¶
Not all the error messages are documented here.
Background scanning is not currently supported.