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IN NO EVENT SHALL Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD .\" 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. .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" $OpenBSD: wi.4tbl,v 1.14 2002/04/29 19:53:50 jsyn Exp $ .\" .Dd March 29, 2002 .Dt WI 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm wi .Nd WaveLAN/IEEE, PRISM-II and Spectrum24 802.11DS wireless network driver .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "device wi" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver provides support for wireless network adapters based around the Lucent Hermes, Intersil PRISM-II, Intersil PRISM-2.5, and Symbol Spectrum24 chipsets. All four chipsets provide a similar interface to the driver. .Pp All host/device interaction is via programmed I/O. Supported features include 802.11 and 802.3 frames, power management, BSS, IBSS, WDS and ad-hoc operation modes. Cards based on the Intersil PRISM-II and PRISM-2.5 chips also support a host-based access point mode which allows a card to act as a normal access point (with some assistance from the .Nm driver). The Lucent Hermes and Symbol Spectrum24 chipsets do not contain this functionality. .Pp The .Nm driver encapsulates all IP and ARP traffic as 802.11 frames, however it can receive either 802.11 or 802.3 frames. Transmit speed is selectable between 1Mbps fixed, 2Mbps fixed, 2Mbps with auto fallback, 5.5Mbps, 8Mbps, or 11Mbps depending on your hardware. The Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE Silver and Gold cards as well as the Intersil and Symbol cards have support for WEP encryption. The WaveLAN Gold as well as newer Intersil and Symbol cards support 104bit keys, the others only accept 40bit keys. The Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE Bronze cards do not support WEP at all. To enable encryption, use the .Xr wicontrol 8 utility to set your keys, or use .Xr ifconfig 8 as shown below. .Pp By default, the .Nm driver configures the card for BSS operation (aka infrastructure mode). This mode requires the use of an access point (base station). .Pp The .Nm driver also supports an ad-hoc (point-to-point) mode where the nwid is ignored and stations can communicate amongst themselves without the aid of an access point. Note that there are two possible ad-hoc modes. One mode, referred to as .Dq ad-hoc demo mode , predates the IEEE 802.11 specification and so may not interoperate with cards from other vendors. The standardized ad-hoc mode, also known as IBSS mode, is not supported by cards with very old firmware revisions. .Pp Cards based on the Intersil PRISM-II and PRISM-2.5 chips also have a host-based access point mode which allows the card to act as an access point (base station). .Pp For more information on configuring this device, see .Xr ifconfig 8 . .Pp Cards supported by the .Nm driver come in a variety of packages, though the most common are of the PCMCIA type. In many cases, the PCI version of a wireless card is simply a PCMCIA card bundled with a PCI adapter. The PCI adapters come in two flavors: true PCMCIA bridges and dumb PCMCIA bridges. A true PCMCIA bridge (such as those sold by Lucent) will attach as a real PCMCIA controller. The wireless card will then attach to the PCMCIA bus. Wireless cards in PCMCIA slots may be inserted and ejected on the fly. .br A dumb bridge, on the other hand, does not show up as a true PCMCIA bus. The wireless card will simply appear to the host as a normal PCI device and will not require any PCMCIA support. Cards in this type of adapter should only be removed when the machine is powered down. .Pp The following cards are among those supported by the .Nm driver: .Pp .in +\n(dIu .TS tab (:) ; l l l _ _ _ l l l . Card:Chip:Bus 3Com AirConnect 3CRWE737A:Spectrum24:PCMCIA 3Com AirConnect 3CRWE777A:Prism-II:PCI ACTIONTEC HWC01170:Prism-2.5:PCMCIA Addtron AWP-100:Prism-II:PCMCIA Agere Orinoco:Hermes:PCMCIA Apple Airport:Hermes:macobio Buffalo AirStation:Prism-II:PCMCIA Buffalo AirStation:Prism-II:CF Cabletron RoamAbout:Hermes:PCMCIA Compaq Agency NC5004:Prism-II:PCMCIA Contec FLEXLAN/FX-DS110-PCC:Prism-II:PCMCIA Corega PCC-11:Prism-II:PCMCIA Corega PCCA-11:Prism-II:PCMCIA Corega PCCB-11:Prism-II:PCMCIA Corega CGWLPCIA11:Prism-II:PCI Dlink DWL520:Prism-2.5:PCI Dlink DWL650:Prism-2.5:PCMCIA ELSA XI300:Prism-II:PCMCIA ELSA XI800:Prism-II:CF EMTAC A2424i:Prism-II:PCMCIA Ericsson Wireless LAN CARD C11:Spectrum24:PCMCIA Gemtek WL-311:Prism-2.5:PCMCIA Hawking Technology WE110P:Prism-2.5:PCMCIA I-O DATA WN-B11/PCM:Prism-II:PCMCIA Intel PRO/Wireless 2011:Spectrum24:PCMCIA Intersil Prism II:Prism-II:PCMCIA Intersil Mini-PCI:Prism-2.5:PCI Linksys Instant Wireless WPC11:Prism-II:PCMCIA Linksys Instant Wireless WPC11 2.5:Prism-2.5:PCMCIA Lucent WaveLAN:Hermes:PCMCIA NANOSPEED ROOT-RZ2000:Prism-II:PCMCIA NDC/Sohoware NCP130:Prism-II:PCI NEC CMZ-RT-WP:Prism-II:PCMCIA Netgear MA401:Prism-II:PCMCIA NTT-ME 11Mbps Wireless LAN:Prism-II:PCMCIA Proxim RangeLAN-DS:Prism-II:PCMCIA Samsung MagicLAN SWL-2000N:Prism-II:PCMCIA Symbol Spectrum24:Spectrum24:PCMCIA SMC 2632 EZ Connect:Prism-II:PCMCIA TDK LAK-CD011WL:Prism-II:PCMCIA .TE .in -\n(dIu .Pp Several vendors sell PCI adapters built around the PLX Technology 9050 or 9052 chip. The following such adapters are supported or expected to work: .Pp .Bl -tag -width -compact .It 3Com AirConnect 3CRWE777A (3.3V) .It Belkin F5D6000 (a rebadged WL11000P) .It Eumitcom WL11000P .It Global Sun Technology GL24110P (untested) .It Global Sun Technology GL24110P02 .It LinkSys WDT11 (a rebadged GL24110P02) .It Netgear MA301 .It US Robotics 2415 (rebadged WL11000P) .El .Pp .Sh EXAMPLES The following examples utilize .Xr ifconfig 8 for simplicity, however, .Xr wicontrol 8 can also be used to set wireless parameters. .Pp Join an existing BSS network (ie: connect to an access point): .Dl # ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 .Pp Join a specific BSS network with network name .Dq my_net . .Dl # ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net .br .Pp Join a specific BSS network with WEP encryption: .Bd -literal -compact -offset indent # ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e wepkey 0x8736639624 .Ed .Pp Join an ad-hoc network with network name .Dq my_net . .Bd -literal -compact -offset indent # ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e mediaopt adhoc .Ed .Pp Create an IBBS network with network name .Dq my_net . .Bd -literal -compact -offset indent # ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e mediaopt create-ibss .Ed .Pp Join an IBBS network with network name .Dq my_net . .Bd -literal -compact -offset indent # ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.22 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e mediaopt ibss .Ed .Pp Create a host-based access point (Prism only): .Bd -literal -compact -offset indent # ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_ap \e mediaopt hostap .Ed .Pp Create a host-based access point with WEP enabled (Prism only): .Bd -literal -compact -offset indent # ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_ap \e wepkey 0x1234567890 mediaopt hostap .Ed .Pp Create a host-based wireless bridge to fxp0 (Prism only): .Bd -literal -compact -offset indent Add BRIDGE to the kernel config. # ifconfig wi0 inet up ssid my_ap mediaopt hostap # sysctl net.link.ether.bridge=1 # sysctl net.link.ether.bridge_cfg="wi0 fxp0" # sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 .Ed .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Bl -diag .It "wi%d: init failed" The WaveLAN card failed to come ready after an initialization command was issued. .It "wi%d: failed to allocate %d bytes on NIC" The driver was unable to allocate memory for transmit frames in the NIC's on-board RAM. .It "wi%d: device timeout" The WaveLAN failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmit command. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr an 4 , .Xr arp 4 , .Xr netintro 4 , .Xr ifmedia 4 , .Xr hostname.if 5 , .Xr ifconfig 8 , .Xr wicontrol 8 .Rs .%T HCF Light programming specification .%O http://www.wavelan.com .Re .Sh HISTORY The .Nm device driver first appeared in .Fx 3.0 . .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm driver was written by Bill Paul . This man page comes from .Ox . .Sh CAVEATS The original Lucent WaveLAN cards usually default to channel 3; newer cards use channel 10 by default. Non-Lucent cards vary, for instance the Addtron cards use channel 11 by default. See .Xr wicontrol 8 for information on how to change the channel. .Pp IBSS creation does not currently work with Symbol cards. .Pp Prism2 host-based access point mode has bugs for firmware versions prior to 0.8.3.