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author | Damien Bergamini <damien@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2008-07-28 20:10:29 +0000 |
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committer | Damien Bergamini <damien@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2008-07-28 20:10:29 +0000 |
commit | 5fca48e0f668901fe0bc1ce2da18122119e3fa99 (patch) | |
tree | 0604cfb53a866aca5cee76a8208664eddc011130 /share/man/man4/iwn.4 | |
parent | 6fad5bb8bd2db82610debe7ef7321f529442c9bb (diff) |
document WPA-PSK support.
"i would really appreciate just something going in" jmc@
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/iwn.4')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/iwn.4 | 33 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwn.4 b/share/man/man4/iwn.4 index e2773dca04c..cdbe8eebcae 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/iwn.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/iwn.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: iwn.4,v 1.6 2008/04/17 14:01:22 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: iwn.4,v 1.7 2008/07/28 20:10:28 damien Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2007 .\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved. @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: April 17 2008 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 28 2008 $ .Os .Dt IWN 4 .Sh NAME @@ -48,16 +48,13 @@ capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to, or to scan for access points. .El .Pp +The +.Nm +driver can be configured to use the WEP, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK protocols. +The .Nm -supports software WEP. -Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is the de facto encryption standard -for wireless networks. -It can be typically configured in one of three modes: -no encryption; 40-bit encryption; or 104-bit encryption. -Unfortunately, due to serious weaknesses in WEP protocol -it is strongly recommended that it not be used as the -sole mechanism to secure wireless communication. -WEP is not enabled by default. +driver relies on the software 802.11 stack for both encryption and decryption +of data frames. .Pp The device has one temperature sensor in degC. Sensor data is updated every 500 milliseconds. @@ -102,16 +99,19 @@ channel 11, obtaining an IP address using DHCP: dhcp NONE NONE NONE nwkey 0x1deadbeef1 chan 11 .Ed .Pp -Configure iwn0 for WEP, using hex key -.Dq 0x1deadbeef1 : +Configure iwn0 to join network +.Dq my_net +using WPA-PSK with passphrase +.Dq my_passphrase : .Bd -literal -offset indent -# ifconfig iwn0 nwkey 0x1deadbeef1 +# _psk=$(wpa-psk my_net my_passphrase) +# ifconfig iwn0 nwid my_net wpa wpapsk ${_psk} .Ed .Pp Return iwn0 to its default settings: .Bd -literal -offset indent # ifconfig iwn0 -bssid -chan media autoselect \e - nwid "" -nwkey + nwid "" -nwkey -wpa -wpapsk .Ed .Pp Join an existing BSS network, @@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ The driver will reset the hardware. .Xr netintro 4 , .Xr pci 4 , .Xr hostname.if 5 , -.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Xr ifconfig 8 , +.Xr wpa-psk 8 .Rs .%T The IPW Web Page .%O http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/ |