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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 $Mdocdate: August 29 2008 $ .Os .Dt PGT 4 .Sh NAME .Nm pgt .Nd Conexant/Intersil Prism GT Full-MAC IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network device .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "pgt* at cardbus?" .Cd "pgt* at pci?" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver provides support for Conexant/Intersil GT-series devices which can support the Full-Mac firmwares, using the ISL3877, ISL3880, and ISL3890 chips. The .Nm driver will not (yet) work on similar devices using the ISL3886 or similar chips which use the Soft-Mac firmwares. .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 The .Nm driver can be configured to use hardware Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP). It is strongly recommended that WEP not be used as the sole mechanism to secure wireless communication, due to serious weaknesses in it. .Pp The .Nm driver can be configured at runtime with .Xr ifconfig 8 or on boot with .Xr hostname.if 5 . .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/pgt-isl3877 .It Pa /etc/firmware/pgt-isl3890 .El .Pp These firmware files are not free because Conexant refuses to grant distribution rights. In fact they have rebuffed thousands of attempts to start a dialogue on this issue. 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/pgt/pgt-firmware-1.2.tgz .Ed .Sh HARDWARE The following cards are among those supported by the .Nm driver: .Pp .Bl -column -compact "SMC EZ Connect g 2.4GHz SMC2835W-v2" "ISL38xx" "CardBus" -offset 6n .Em "Card Chip Bus" 3COM 3CRWE154G72 ISL3880 CardBus D-Link DWL-g650 A1 ISL3890 PCI I-O Data WN-G54/CB ISL3890 PCI I4 Z-Com XG-600 ISL3890 PCI I4 Z-Com XG-900 ISL3890 PCI Intersil PRISM Indigo ISL3877 PCI Intersil PRISM Duette ISL3890 PCI NETGEAR WG511 (Taiwanese, not Chinese) ISL3890 CardBus PLANEX GW-DS54G ISL3890 PCI SMC EZ Connect g 2.4GHz SMC2802W ISL3890 PCI SMC EZ Connect g 2.4GHz SMC2835W-v2 ISL3890 CardBus SMC 2802Wv2 ISL3890 PCI Soyo Aerielink ISL3890 CardBus ZyXEL ZyAIR G-100 ISL3890 CardBus .El .Sh EXAMPLES The following .Xr hostname.if 5 example configures pgt0 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 pgt0 for WEP, using hex key .Dq 0x1deadbeef1 : .Bd -literal -offset indent # ifconfig pgt0 nwkey 0x1deadbeef1 .Ed .Pp Return pgt0 to its default settings: .Bd -literal -offset indent # ifconfig pgt0 -bssid -chan media autoselect \e nwid "" -nwkey .Ed .Pp Join an existing BSS network, .Dq my_net : .Bd -literal -offset indent # ifconfig pgt0 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 4.0 . .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit The .Nm driver was originally written for .Fx by .An Brian Fundakowski , and then rewritten for .Ox by .An Marcus Glocker and .An Claudio Jeker . .Sh CAVEATS Host AP mode doesn't support power saving. Clients attempting to use power saving mode may experience significant packet loss (disabling power saving on the client will fix this).