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author | Damien Bergamini <damien@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2007-09-06 16:37:04 +0000 |
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committer | Damien Bergamini <damien@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2007-09-06 16:37:04 +0000 |
commit | c6e247e787ec447f45b62c9004cb5a3c238333e0 (patch) | |
tree | 351ec7fa21a2936aa63b4d0b36edfa7e2b4d286c /share/man | |
parent | 40d3bfb5b70d20f4daee163823d57c5e4c18df86 (diff) |
new iwn(4) driver for Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN.
no support for 802.11n functions yet (need work in net80211(9) first).
committed over my 4965AGN, with only 2 of 3 antennas plugged :-)
needs a firmware that is not freely redistributable (see man page).
ok deraadt@
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/Makefile | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/iwn.4 | 259 |
2 files changed, 261 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/Makefile b/share/man/man4/Makefile index f38d6cb0134..8746c8f6e3a 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man4/Makefile @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.424 2007/09/04 20:19:24 deraadt Exp $ +# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.425 2007/09/06 16:37:03 damien Exp $ MAN= aac.4 ac97.4 acphy.4 \ acpi.4 acpiac.4 acpibat.4 acpibtn.4 acpicpu.4 acpidock.4 \ @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ MAN= aac.4 ac97.4 acphy.4 \ ichiic.4 ichwdt.4 icmp.4 icmp6.4 icsphy.4 ifmedia.4 \ iha.4 iic.4 inet.4 inet6.4 inphy.4 iop.4 iophy.4 ioprbs.4 \ iopsp.4 ip.4 ip6.4 ipcomp.4 ipgphy.4 ipmi.4 ips.4 ipsec.4 ipw.4 \ - isa.4 isagpio.4 isapnp.4 ises.4 isp.4 it.4 iwi.4 ixgb.4 \ + isa.4 isagpio.4 isapnp.4 ises.4 isp.4 it.4 iwi.4 iwn.4 ixgb.4 \ jmb.4 \ ksyms.4 kue.4 lc.4 lge.4 lkm.4 lm.4 \ lmc.4 lmenv.4 lmn.4 lmtemp.4 lo.4 lofn.4 lpt.4 lxtphy.4 luphy.4 \ diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwn.4 b/share/man/man4/iwn.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..85d90698715 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/iwn.4 @@ -0,0 +1,259 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: iwn.4,v 1.1 2007/09/06 16:37:03 damien Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2007 +.\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: September 6 2007 $ +.Os +.Dt IWN 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm iwn +.Nd Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN IEEE 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N wireless network device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "iwn* at pci?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for +.Tn Intel +Wireless Wi-Fi Link 4965AGN Mini PCI Express network adapters. +.Pp +These are the modes the +.Nm +driver can operate in: +.Bl -tag -width "IBSS-masterXX" +.It BSS mode +Also known as +.Em infrastructure +mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through +which all traffic passes. +This mode is the default. +.It monitor mode +In this mode the driver is able to receive packets without +associating with an access point. +This disables the internal receive filter and enables the card to +capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to, +or to scan for access points. +.El +.Pp +.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. +.Pp +The device has one temperature sensor in degC. +Sensor data is updated every 500 milliseconds. +.Sh CONFIGURATION +The +.Nm +driver can be configured at runtime with +.Xr ifconfig 8 +or on boot with +.Xr hostname.if 5 +using the following parameters: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Cm bssid Ar bssid +Set the desired BSSID. +.It Fl bssid +Unset the desired BSSID. +The interface will automatically select a BSSID in this mode, which is +the default. +.It Cm chan Ar n +Set the channel (radio frequency) to be used by the driver based on +the given channel ID +.Ar n . +.It Fl chan +Unset the desired channel to be used by the driver. +The driver will automatically select a channel in this mode, which is +the default. +.It Cm media Ar media +The +.Nm +driver supports the following +.Ar media +types: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width autoselect -compact +.It Cm autoselect +Enable autoselection of the media type and options. +.El +.It Cm mediaopt Ar opts +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media options: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width monitor -compact +.It Cm monitor +Select monitor mode. +.El +.It Fl mediaopt Ar opts +Disable the specified media options on the driver and return it to the +default mode of operation (BSS). +.It Cm mode Ar mode +The +.Nm +driver supports the following modes: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width 11b -compact +.It Cm 11a +Force 802.11a operation. +.It Cm 11b +Force 802.11b operation. +.It Cm 11g +Force 802.11g operation. +.El +.It Cm nwid Ar id +Set the network ID. +The +.Ar id +can either be any text string up to 32 characters in length, +or a series of hexadecimal digits up to 64 digits. +An empty +.Ar id +string allows the interface to connect to any available access points. +By default the +.Nm +driver uses an empty string. +Note that network ID is synonymous with Extended Service Set ID (ESSID). +.It Fl nwid +Set the network ID to the empty string to allow the interface to connect +to any available access point. +.It Cm nwkey Ar key +Enable WEP encryption using the specified +.Ar key . +The +.Ar key +can either be a string, a series of hexadecimal digits (preceded by +.Sq 0x ) , +or a set of keys of the form +.Dq n:k1,k2,k3,k4 , +where +.Sq n +specifies which of the keys will be used for transmitted packets, +and the four keys, +.Dq k1 +through +.Dq k4 , +are configured as WEP keys. +If a set of keys is specified, a comma +.Pq Sq \&, +within the key must be escaped with a backslash. +Note that if multiple keys are used, their order must be the same within +the network. +.Nm +is capable of using both 40-bit (5 characters or 10 hexadecimal digits) +or 104-bit (13 characters or 26 hexadecimal digits) keys. +.It Fl nwkey +Disable WEP encryption. +This is the default mode of operation. +.El +.Sh FILES +The driver needs at least version 4.44.1.18 of the following firmware file, +which is loaded when an interface is brought up: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwn-4965agn +.El +.Pp +This firmware file is not free because Intel refuses to grant +distribution rights without contractual obligations. +As a result, even though +.Ox +includes the driver, the firmware file cannot be included and +users have to download this file on their own. +The official person to state your views to about this issue is +majid.awad@intel.com. +.Pp +A prepackaged version of the firmware, designed to be used with +.Xr pkg_add 1 , +can be found at: +.Pp +.Pa http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/packages/openbsd/iwn-firmware-4.44.1.18.tgz +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following +.Xr hostname.if 5 +example configures iwn0 to join whatever network is available on boot, +using WEP key +.Dq 0x1deadbeef1 , +channel 11, obtaining an IP address using DHCP: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +dhcp NONE NONE NONE nwkey 0x1deadbeef1 chan 11 +.Ed +.Pp +Configure iwn0 for WEP, using hex key +.Dq 0x1deadbeef1 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# ifconfig iwn0 nwkey 0x1deadbeef1 +.Ed +.Pp +Return iwn0 to its default settings: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# ifconfig iwn0 -bssid -chan media autoselect \e + nwid "" -nwkey +.Ed +.Pp +Join an existing BSS network, +.Dq my_net : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# ifconfig iwn0 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net +.Ed +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "iwn%d: device timeout" +A frame dispatched to the hardware for transmission did not complete in time. +The driver will reset the hardware. +This should not happen. +.It "iwn%d: fatal firmware error" +For some reason, the firmware crashed. +The driver will reset the hardware. +This should not happen. +.It "iwn%d: radio is disabled by hardware switch" +The radio transmitter is off and thus no packet can go out. +The driver will reset the hardware. +Make sure the laptop radio switch is on. +.It "iwn%d: error %d, could not read firmware %s" +For some reason, the driver was unable to read the firmware image from the +filesystem. +The file might be missing or corrupted. +.It "iwn%d: firmware file too short: %d bytes" +The firmware image is corrupted and can't be loaded into the adapter. +.It "iwn%d: could not load firmware" +An attempt to load the firmware into the adapter failed. +The driver will reset the hardware. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr pkg_add 1 , +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr ifmedia 4 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr hostname.if 5 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Rs +.%T The IPW Web Page +.%O http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/ +.Re +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien@openbsd.org . |