urtw.4freebsd

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Version: 361734 (ubuntu - 24/10/10)

Section: 4 (Pilotes et protocoles réseau)


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NAME

urtw - Realtek RTL8187B/L USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device

SYNOPSIS

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
device ehci device uhci device ohci device usb device urtw device wlan

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf5:

 if_urtw_load="YES"
 

DESCRIPTION

The driver supports USB 802.11b/g wireless adapters based on the Realtek RTL8187B/L.

supports station and monitor mode operation. Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time. For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).

HARDWARE

The driver supports Realtek RTL8187B/L based wireless network devices, including:
Card  Radio   Bus
"Netgear WG111v2        RTL8225 USB"
"Safehome WLG-1500SMA5    RTL8225 USB"
"Shuttle XPC Accessory PN20RTL8225USB"

EXAMPLES

Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
 ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 inet 192.168.0.20 \
     netmask 0xffffff00
 

Join a specific BSS network with network name ``my_net ''

"ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 ssid my_net up"

Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:

 ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 ssid my_net \
         wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
 

SEE ALSO

intro(4), netintro(4), usb(4), wlan(4), wlan_ccmp4, wlan_tkip4, wlan_wep4, ifconfig(8), wpa_supplicant8
Realtek http://www.realtek.com.tw

HISTORY

The device driver first appeared in Fx 8.0 .

AUTHORS

An -nosplit The driver was written by An Weongyo Jeong Aq weongyo@FreeBSD.org .