IPW(4)

IPW(4) | NetBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual | IPW(4)

# NAME

ipw — Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11 driver

# SYNOPSIS

ipw* at pci? dev ? function ?

# DESCRIPTION

The ipw driver provides support for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 MiniPCI network adapter.

The Intel firmware requires acceptance of the End User License Agreement. The full license text can be found in /libdata/firmware/if_ipw/LICENSE. The license is agreed to by setting the sysctl variable hw.ipw.accept_eula to 1.

By default, the ipw driver configures the adapter for BSS operation (aka infrastructure mode). This mode requires the use of an access point.

For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).

# EXAMPLES

Join an existing BSS network (i.e.: connect to an access point):

> `ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00`

Join a specific BSS network with network name “`my_net`”:

> `ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net`

Join a specific BSS network with 64 bits WEP encryption:

    ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net \
            nwkey 0x1234567890

Join a specific BSS network with 128bits WEP encryption:

    ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net \
            nwkey 0x01020304050607080910111213

# DIAGNOSTICS

ipw%d: device timeout
  The driver will reset the hardware. This should not happen.

# SEE ALSO

an(4), awi(4), pci(4), wi(4), ifconfig(8), ipwctl(8)

The IPW Web Page, http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/.

# AUTHORS

The ipw driver and this man page were written by Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>.

November 7, 2008 | NetBSD 5.99