IWI(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual IWI(4) NAME iwi -- Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11 network driver SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, include the following lines in your kernel configuration file: device iwi device iwifw device pci device wlan device firmware Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): if_iwi_load="YES" In both cases, place the following line in loader.conf(5) to acknowledge the firmware license (see below): legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 DESCRIPTION The iwi driver provides support for Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network devices in station, adhoc, and monitor mode operation. Only one virtual interface may be con- figured at any time. This driver requires the firmware built with the iwifw module to work. For the loaded firmware to be enabled for use the license at /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE must be agreed by adding the follow- ing line to loader.conf(5): legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8). HARDWARE The iwi driver supports the following wireless network devices: * Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG MiniPCI Network Connection * Intel PRO/Wireless 2225BG PCI Network Connection * Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG MiniPCI Network Connection FILES /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE iwi firmware license EXAMPLES Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point): ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 inet 192.0.2.20/24 Join a specific BSS network with network name my_net: ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 ssid my_net up Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption: ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 ssid my_net \ wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption: ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \ wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1 DIAGNOSTICS iwi%d: device timeout The driver will reset the hardware. This should not happen. iwi%d: firmware error The onboard microcontroller crashed for some reason. The driver will reset the hardware. This should not happen. iwi%d: timeout waiting for firmware initialization to complete The onboard microcontroller failed to initialize in time. This should not happen. iwi%d: could not load firmware image '%s' The driver failed to load the firmware image using the firmware(9) subsystem. Verify the iwifw(4) firmware module is installed and the license agreement loader(8) tunable has been set. iwi%d: could not load boot firmware An attempt to upload the boot firmware image to the onboard microcontroller failed. This should not happen. iwi%d: could not load microcode An attempt to upload the microcode image to the onboard microcontroller failed. This should not happen. iwi%d: could not load main firmware An attempt to upload the main firmware image to the onboard microcontroller failed. This should not happen. SEE ALSO iwifw(4), pci(4), wlan(4), wlan_ccmp(4), wlan_tkip(4), wlan_wep(4), net- working(7), ifconfig(8), wpa_supplicant(8) AUTHORS The original iwi driver was written by Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. FreeBSD 15.1 November 10, 2024 IWI(4)
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