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IWI(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual IWI(4) NAME iwi -- Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11 driver SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: device iwi device pci device wlan device firmware Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following lines in loader.conf(5): if_iwi_load="YES" wlan_load="YES" firmware_load="YES" DESCRIPTION The iwi driver provides support for Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG MiniPCI and 2225BG PCI network adapters. By default, the iwi driver configures the adapter for BSS operation (aka infrastructure mode). This mode requires the use of an access point. For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8). This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work. You need to install the ports/net/iwi-firmware-kmod port before ifconfig(8) will work. EXAMPLES Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point): ifconfig iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 Join a specific BSS network with network name "my_net": ifconfig iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption: ifconfig iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \ wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption: ifconfig iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 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 crashes for some rea- son. The driver will reset the hardware. This should not happen. iwi%d: timeout waiting for firmware initialization to complete The on- board microcontroller failed to initialize in time. This should not hap- pen. iwi%d: could not load firmware image '%s' The driver failed to load the firmware image using the firmware(9) subsystem. Verify that the ports/net/iwi-firmware-kmod port is installed correctly. 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 altq(4), an(4), ath(4), ipw(4), pci(4), wi(4), wlan(4), ifconfig(8) The IWI Web Page, http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/. AUTHORS The iwi driver was written by Damien Bergamini <damien@FreeBSD.org>. BSD July 17, 2006 BSD
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