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.