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author | Marcus Glocker <mglocker@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-11-17 18:58:32 +0000 |
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committer | Marcus Glocker <mglocker@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-11-17 18:58:32 +0000 |
commit | 4ac24938b682bf359920d8b998be6869a3266f13 (patch) | |
tree | 65a073f4d4beed3082e5d754a45f7be0dcf7a05e /share | |
parent | d104bc154dd6edf58570f71b885abd39899986c7 (diff) |
This is a very initial import for a driver which supports the IEEE 802.11
Broadcom BCM43xx chipset. Device attaches, but has no further
functionality yet.
The work has been done by Jon Simola <jsimola@gmail.com>, based on the
existing bce(4) code. He will continue to work on the driver and try
to make further progress.
ok deraadt@
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/Makefile | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/bcw.4 | 313 |
2 files changed, 315 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/Makefile b/share/man/man4/Makefile index 925f0bbd94f..3cf83125301 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man4/Makefile @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.391 2006/10/29 12:21:37 mk Exp $ +# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.392 2006/11/17 18:58:31 mglocker Exp $ MAN= aac.4 ac97.4 acphy.4 acpi.4 acx.4 \ adc.4 addcom.4 admcts.4 admlc.4 admtemp.4 \ @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MAN= aac.4 ac97.4 acphy.4 acpi.4 acx.4 \ an.4 aps.4 arc.4 aria.4 art.4 \ asbtm.4 ast.4 atalk.4 atapiscsi.4 ath.4 atu.4 atw.4 audio.4 aue.4 \ auich.4 autri.4 auixp.4 auvia.4 awi.4 axe.4 az.4 azalia.4 \ - bce.4 bge.4 bha.4 \ + bce.4 bcw.4 bge.4 bha.4 \ bio.4 bktr.4 bmtphy.4 bnx.4 boca.4 bpf.4 brgphy.4 bridge.4 cac.4 \ cardbus.4 carp.4 ccd.4 cd.4 cdce.4 cfxga.4 ch.4 ciphy.4 ciss.4 \ clcs.4 clct.4 cmpci.4 cnw.4 \ diff --git a/share/man/man4/bcw.4 b/share/man/man4/bcw.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5ff1e412a53 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/bcw.4 @@ -0,0 +1,313 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: bcw.4,v 1.1 2006/11/17 18:58:31 mglocker Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Marcus Glocker. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in +.\" the documentation and/or other materials provided with the +.\" distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT +.\" LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS +.\" FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE +.\" COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, +.\" BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; +.\" LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED +.\" AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, +.\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT +.\" OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd November 17, 2006 +.Os +.Dt BCW 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm bcw +.Nd Broadcom IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.\".Cd "malo* at cardbus?" +.Cd "bcw* at pci?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for Broadcom BCM43xx based +PCI/Cardbus 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 IBSS mode +.\" Also known as +.\" .Em IEEE ad-hoc +.\" mode or +.\" .Em peer-to-peer +.\" mode. +.\" This is the standardized method of operating without an access point. +.\" Stations associate with a service set. +.\" However, actual connections between stations are peer-to-peer. +.\" .It Host AP +.\" In this mode the driver acts as an access point (base station) +.\" for other cards. +.\" .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 hardware 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 transmit speed is user-selectable or can be adapted automatically by the +driver depending on the received signal strength and on the number of hardware +transmission retries. +See +.Xr rssadapt 9 +for more information. +.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. +.It Cm DS1 +Set 802.11b DS 1Mbps operation. +.It Cm DS2 +Set 802.11b DS 2Mbps operation. +.It Cm DS5 +Set 802.11b DS 5.5Mbps operation. +.It Cm DS11 +Set 802.11b DS 11Mbps operation. +.It Cm OFDM6 +Set 802.11a/g OFDM 6Mbps operation. +.It Cm OFDM9 +Set 802.11a/g OFDM 9Mbps operation. +.It Cm OFDM12 +Set 802.11a/g OFDM 12Mbps operation. +.It Cm OFDM18 +Set 802.11a/g OFDM 18Mbps operation. +.It Cm OFDM24 +Set 802.11a/g OFDM 24Mbps operation. +.It Cm OFDM36 +Set 802.11a/g OFDM 36Mbps operation. +.It Cm OFDM48 +Set 802.11a/g OFDM 48Mbps operation. +.It Cm OFDM54 +Set 802.11a/g OFDM 54Mbps operation. +.El +.It Cm mediaopt Ar opts +The +.Nm +driver supports the following media options: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width monitor -compact +.It Cm hostap +Select Host AP operation. +.It Cm ibss +Select IBSS operation. +.\".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 a set of firmware files which are loaded when +.\"an interface is brought up: +.\".Pp +.\".Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.\".It Pa /etc/firmware/88w8335 +.\".El +.\".Pp +.\"These firmware files are not free because Marvell refuses +.\"to grant distribution rights. +.\"As a result, even though +.\".Ox +.\"includes the driver, the firmware files cannot be included and +.\"users have to download these files on their own. +.\".Pp +.\"A prepackaged version of the firmware, designed to be used with +.\".Xr pkg_add 1 , +.\"can be found at: +.\".Bd -literal -offset indent +.\"http://www.nazgul.ch/malo/malo-firmware-1.0.tgz +.\".Ed +.Sh HARDWARE +The following cards are among those supported by the +.Nm +driver: +.Pp +.Bl -column -compact "Microcom Travelcard" "MALO111" "CardBus" "a/b/g" -offset 6n +.Em "Card Chip Bus Standard" +? BCM4318 PCI b/g +? BCM4306 PCI b/g +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following +.Xr hostname.if 5 +example configures malo0 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 +The following +.Xr hostname.if 5 +example creates a host-based access point on boot: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +inet 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 NONE media autoselect \e + mediaopt hostap nwid my_net chan 11 +.Ed +.Pp +Configure malo0 for WEP, using hex key +.Dq 0x1deadbeef1 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# ifconfig malo0 nwkey 0x1deadbeef1 +.Ed +.Pp +Return malo0 to its default settings: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# ifconfig malo0 -bssid -chan media autoselect \e + nwid "" -nwkey +.Ed +.Pp +Join an existing BSS network, +.Dq my_net : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# ifconfig malo0 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr cardbus 4 , +.Xr ifmedia 4 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr hostname.if 5 , +.Xr hostapd 8 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Ox 4.1 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was originally written by +.An Cliff Wright +and then rewritten for IEEE 802.11 +by +.An Jon Simola . |