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Import Kevin Lo's port of urtwn(4) from OpenBSD. urtwn(4) is a driver for the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless cards. This driver requires microcode which is available in FreeBSD ports: net/urtwn-firmware-kmod. Hiren ported the urtwn(4) man page from OpenBSD and Glen just commited a port for the firmware. TODO: - 802.11n support - Stability fixes - the driver can sustain lots of traffic but has trouble coping with simultaneous iperf sessions. - fix debugging MFC after: 2 months Tested by: kevlo, hiren, gjb
2013-06-08 16:02:31 +00:00
.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>
.\"
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Add manpage for urtwnfw, the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU firmware module. Also fix a few nits in urtwn.4. Reviewed by: rpaulo
2013-10-31 01:57:05 +00:00
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
Make the HARDWARE section ready for release notes generation; sort SEE ALSO. MFC after: 1 week
2014-05-03 15:31:54 +00:00
.Dd May 3, 2014
Import Kevin Lo's port of urtwn(4) from OpenBSD. urtwn(4) is a driver for the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless cards. This driver requires microcode which is available in FreeBSD ports: net/urtwn-firmware-kmod. Hiren ported the urtwn(4) man page from OpenBSD and Glen just commited a port for the firmware. TODO: - 802.11n support - Stability fixes - the driver can sustain lots of traffic but has trouble coping with simultaneous iperf sessions. - fix debugging MFC after: 2 months Tested by: kevlo, hiren, gjb
2013-06-08 16:02:31 +00:00
.Dt URTWN 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm urtwn
Add preliminary support for the Realtek RTL8188EUS and RTL8188ETV chipsets. Committed over the TP-LINK TL-WN725N v2 (RTL8188EUS) on amd64 with WPA.
2014-04-25 08:01:22 +00:00
.Nd Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8188EU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless network device
Import Kevin Lo's port of urtwn(4) from OpenBSD. urtwn(4) is a driver for the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless cards. This driver requires microcode which is available in FreeBSD ports: net/urtwn-firmware-kmod. Hiren ported the urtwn(4) man page from OpenBSD and Glen just commited a port for the firmware. TODO: - 802.11n support - Stability fixes - the driver can sustain lots of traffic but has trouble coping with simultaneous iperf sessions. - fix debugging MFC after: 2 months Tested by: kevlo, hiren, gjb
2013-06-08 16:02:31 +00:00
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following lines in your
kernel configuration file:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.Cd "device ehci"
.Cd "device uhci"
.Cd "device ohci"
.Cd "device usb"
.Cd "device urtwn"
.Cd "device wlan"
.Ed
.Pp
Alternatively, to load the driver as a
module at boot time, place the following line in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
if_urtwn_load="YES"
.Ed
Add manpage for urtwnfw, the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU firmware module. Also fix a few nits in urtwn.4. Reviewed by: rpaulo
2013-10-31 01:57:05 +00:00
.Pp
In both cases, place the following line in
.Xr loader.conf 5
to acknowledge the firmware license (see below):
.Bd -literal -offset indent
legal.realtek.license_ack=1
.Ed
Import Kevin Lo's port of urtwn(4) from OpenBSD. urtwn(4) is a driver for the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless cards. This driver requires microcode which is available in FreeBSD ports: net/urtwn-firmware-kmod. Hiren ported the urtwn(4) man page from OpenBSD and Glen just commited a port for the firmware. TODO: - 802.11n support - Stability fixes - the driver can sustain lots of traffic but has trouble coping with simultaneous iperf sessions. - fix debugging MFC after: 2 months Tested by: kevlo, hiren, gjb
2013-06-08 16:02:31 +00:00
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver supports USB 2.0 wireless network devices based on Realtek
Add preliminary support for the Realtek RTL8188EUS and RTL8188ETV chipsets. Committed over the TP-LINK TL-WN725N v2 (RTL8188EUS) on amd64 with WPA.
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RTL8188CUS, RTL8188CE-VAU, RTL8188EUS, RTL8188RU and RTL8192CU chipsets.
Import Kevin Lo's port of urtwn(4) from OpenBSD. urtwn(4) is a driver for the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless cards. This driver requires microcode which is available in FreeBSD ports: net/urtwn-firmware-kmod. Hiren ported the urtwn(4) man page from OpenBSD and Glen just commited a port for the firmware. TODO: - 802.11n support - Stability fixes - the driver can sustain lots of traffic but has trouble coping with simultaneous iperf sessions. - fix debugging MFC after: 2 months Tested by: kevlo, hiren, gjb
2013-06-08 16:02:31 +00:00
.Pp
Add preliminary support for the Realtek RTL8188EUS and RTL8188ETV chipsets. Committed over the TP-LINK TL-WN725N v2 (RTL8188EUS) on amd64 with WPA.
2014-04-25 08:01:22 +00:00
The RTL8188CUS and RTL8188EUS are highly integrated 802.11n adapter that
combine a MAC, a 1T1R capable baseband and an RF in a single chip.
They operate in the 2GHz spectrum only.
Import Kevin Lo's port of urtwn(4) from OpenBSD. urtwn(4) is a driver for the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless cards. This driver requires microcode which is available in FreeBSD ports: net/urtwn-firmware-kmod. Hiren ported the urtwn(4) man page from OpenBSD and Glen just commited a port for the firmware. TODO: - 802.11n support - Stability fixes - the driver can sustain lots of traffic but has trouble coping with simultaneous iperf sessions. - fix debugging MFC after: 2 months Tested by: kevlo, hiren, gjb
2013-06-08 16:02:31 +00:00
The RTL8188RU is a high-power variant of the RTL8188CUS.
The RTL8188CE-VAU is a PCI Express Mini Card adapter that attaches
to the USB interface.
.Pp
The RTL8192CU is a highly integrated multiple-in, multiple-out (MIMO)
802.11n adapter that combines a MAC, a 2T2R capable baseband and an
RF in a single chip.
It operates in the 2GHz spectrum only.
Add manpage for urtwnfw, the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU firmware module. Also fix a few nits in urtwn.4. Reviewed by: rpaulo
2013-10-31 01:57:05 +00:00
.Pp
This driver requires the firmware built with the
.Nm urtwnfw
module to work.
For the loaded firmware to be enabled for use the license at
.Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek
must be agreed by adding the following line to
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Pp
.Dl "legal.realtek.license_ack=1"
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek" -compact
.It Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek
.Nm
firmware license
.El
Import Kevin Lo's port of urtwn(4) from OpenBSD. urtwn(4) is a driver for the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless cards. This driver requires microcode which is available in FreeBSD ports: net/urtwn-firmware-kmod. Hiren ported the urtwn(4) man page from OpenBSD and Glen just commited a port for the firmware. TODO: - 802.11n support - Stability fixes - the driver can sustain lots of traffic but has trouble coping with simultaneous iperf sessions. - fix debugging MFC after: 2 months Tested by: kevlo, hiren, gjb
2013-06-08 16:02:31 +00:00
.Sh HARDWARE
Make the HARDWARE section ready for release notes generation; sort SEE ALSO. MFC after: 1 week
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The
.Nm
driver supports Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8188EU/RTL8192CU based USB
IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless network adapters, including:
Import Kevin Lo's port of urtwn(4) from OpenBSD. urtwn(4) is a driver for the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless cards. This driver requires microcode which is available in FreeBSD ports: net/urtwn-firmware-kmod. Hiren ported the urtwn(4) man page from OpenBSD and Glen just commited a port for the firmware. TODO: - 802.11n support - Stability fixes - the driver can sustain lots of traffic but has trouble coping with simultaneous iperf sessions. - fix debugging MFC after: 2 months Tested by: kevlo, hiren, gjb
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.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
Add the Asus USB-N10 NANO. Tested by: Kuan-Chung Chiu <buganini@gmail.com>
2014-04-10 14:37:37 +00:00
.It ASUS USB-N10 NANO
Import Kevin Lo's port of urtwn(4) from OpenBSD. urtwn(4) is a driver for the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless cards. This driver requires microcode which is available in FreeBSD ports: net/urtwn-firmware-kmod. Hiren ported the urtwn(4) man page from OpenBSD and Glen just commited a port for the firmware. TODO: - 802.11n support - Stability fixes - the driver can sustain lots of traffic but has trouble coping with simultaneous iperf sessions. - fix debugging MFC after: 2 months Tested by: kevlo, hiren, gjb
2013-06-08 16:02:31 +00:00
.It Belkin F7D1102 Surf Wireless Micro
Add support for D-Link DWA-131.
2013-06-25 06:43:04 +00:00
.It D-Link DWA-131
Import Kevin Lo's port of urtwn(4) from OpenBSD. urtwn(4) is a driver for the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless cards. This driver requires microcode which is available in FreeBSD ports: net/urtwn-firmware-kmod. Hiren ported the urtwn(4) man page from OpenBSD and Glen just commited a port for the firmware. TODO: - 802.11n support - Stability fixes - the driver can sustain lots of traffic but has trouble coping with simultaneous iperf sessions. - fix debugging MFC after: 2 months Tested by: kevlo, hiren, gjb
2013-06-08 16:02:31 +00:00
.It Edimax EW-7811Un
.It Netgear WNA1000M
.It Realtek RTL8192CU
.It Realtek RTL8188CUS
Add preliminary support for the Realtek RTL8188EUS and RTL8188ETV chipsets. Committed over the TP-LINK TL-WN725N v2 (RTL8188EUS) on amd64 with WPA.
2014-04-25 08:01:22 +00:00
.It TP-LINK TL-WN723N v3
.It TP-LINK TL-WN725N v2
Import Kevin Lo's port of urtwn(4) from OpenBSD. urtwn(4) is a driver for the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless cards. This driver requires microcode which is available in FreeBSD ports: net/urtwn-firmware-kmod. Hiren ported the urtwn(4) man page from OpenBSD and Glen just commited a port for the firmware. TODO: - 802.11n support - Stability fixes - the driver can sustain lots of traffic but has trouble coping with simultaneous iperf sessions. - fix debugging MFC after: 2 months Tested by: kevlo, hiren, gjb
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.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
.Bd -literal -offset indent
ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtwn0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
netmask 0xffffff00
.Ed
.Pp
Join a specific BSS network with network name
.Dq Li my_net :
.Pp
.Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtwn0 ssid my_net up"
.Pp
Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtwn0 ssid my_net \e
wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
.Ed
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "urtwn%d: error %d, could not read firmware %s"
For some reason, the driver was unable to read the microcode file from the
filesystem.
The file might be missing or corrupted.
.It "urtwn%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.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr netintro 4 ,
Make the HARDWARE section ready for release notes generation; sort SEE ALSO. MFC after: 1 week
2014-05-03 15:31:54 +00:00
.Xr urtwnfw 4 ,
Import Kevin Lo's port of urtwn(4) from OpenBSD. urtwn(4) is a driver for the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless cards. This driver requires microcode which is available in FreeBSD ports: net/urtwn-firmware-kmod. Hiren ported the urtwn(4) man page from OpenBSD and Glen just commited a port for the firmware. TODO: - 802.11n support - Stability fixes - the driver can sustain lots of traffic but has trouble coping with simultaneous iperf sessions. - fix debugging MFC after: 2 months Tested by: kevlo, hiren, gjb
2013-06-08 16:02:31 +00:00
.Xr usb 4 ,
.Xr wlan 4 ,
.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
Minor markup.
2013-06-08 18:25:08 +00:00
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
Import Kevin Lo's port of urtwn(4) from OpenBSD. urtwn(4) is a driver for the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless cards. This driver requires microcode which is available in FreeBSD ports: net/urtwn-firmware-kmod. Hiren ported the urtwn(4) man page from OpenBSD and Glen just commited a port for the firmware. TODO: - 802.11n support - Stability fixes - the driver can sustain lots of traffic but has trouble coping with simultaneous iperf sessions. - fix debugging MFC after: 2 months Tested by: kevlo, hiren, gjb
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.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
.Rs
.%T Realtek
.%U http://www.realtek.com.tw
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver first appeared in
Minor markup.
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.Ox 4.9
Import Kevin Lo's port of urtwn(4) from OpenBSD. urtwn(4) is a driver for the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless cards. This driver requires microcode which is available in FreeBSD ports: net/urtwn-firmware-kmod. Hiren ported the urtwn(4) man page from OpenBSD and Glen just commited a port for the firmware. TODO: - 802.11n support - Stability fixes - the driver can sustain lots of traffic but has trouble coping with simultaneous iperf sessions. - fix debugging MFC after: 2 months Tested by: kevlo, hiren, gjb
2013-06-08 16:02:31 +00:00
and
.Fx 10.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
driver was written by
use .Mt to mark up email addresses consistently (final part) PR: 191174 Submitted by: Franco Fichtner <franco at lastsummer.de>
2014-06-26 21:46:14 +00:00
.An Damien Bergamini Aq Mt damien@openbsd.org .
Import Kevin Lo's port of urtwn(4) from OpenBSD. urtwn(4) is a driver for the Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless cards. This driver requires microcode which is available in FreeBSD ports: net/urtwn-firmware-kmod. Hiren ported the urtwn(4) man page from OpenBSD and Glen just commited a port for the firmware. TODO: - 802.11n support - Stability fixes - the driver can sustain lots of traffic but has trouble coping with simultaneous iperf sessions. - fix debugging MFC after: 2 months Tested by: kevlo, hiren, gjb
2013-06-08 16:02:31 +00:00
.Sh CAVEATS
The
.Nm
driver does not support any of the 802.11n capabilities offered by the
adapters.
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