.\" $OpenBSD: urtw.4,v 1.21 2014/02/15 20:28:19 tedu Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2008 Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@FreeBSD.org> .\" .\" 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: February 15 2014 $ .Dt URTW 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm urtw .Nd Realtek RTL8187L/RTL8187B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "urtw* at uhub? port ?" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver supports USB 802.11b/g wireless adapters based on the Realtek RTL8187L and RTL8187B. .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 The .Nm driver can be configured to use Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK). WPA is the current encryption standard for wireless networks. It is strongly recommended that WEP not be used as the sole mechanism to secure wireless communication, due to serious weaknesses in it. The .Nm driver relies on the software 802.11 stack for both encryption and decryption of data frames. .Pp The .Nm driver can be configured at runtime with .Xr ifconfig 8 or on boot with .Xr hostname.if 5 . .Sh HARDWARE The following adapters should work: .Pp .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact .It Alfa AWUS036H .It ASUS P5B Deluxe .It Belkin F5D7050E .It Linksys WUSB54GC v2 .It Netgear WG111v2 .It Netgear WG111v3 .It Shuttle XPC Accessory PN20 .It Sitecom WL-168 v1 .It Sitecom WL-168 v4 .It Surecom EP-9001-g rev 2A .It TRENDnet TEW-424UB V3.xR .El .Sh EXAMPLES The following example scans for available networks: .Pp .Dl # ifconfig urtw0 scan .Pp The following .Xr hostname.if 5 example configures urtw0 to join network .Dq mynwid , using WPA key .Dq mywpakey , obtaining an IP address using DHCP: .Bd -literal -offset indent nwid mynwid wpakey mywpakey dhcp .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr arp 4 , .Xr ifmedia 4 , .Xr intro 4 , .Xr netintro 4 , .Xr usb 4 , .Xr hostname.if 5 , .Xr hostapd 8 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Pp Realtek Semiconductor: .Lk http://www.realtek.com.tw/ .Sh HISTORY The .Nm device driver first appeared in .Ox 4.5 . .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm driver was written by .An Weongyo Jeong Aq Mt weongyo@FreeBSD.org .