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URTW(4)			    Kernel Interfaces Manual		       URTW(4)

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

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.conf(5):

	     if_urtw_load="YES"

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

       urtw supports station and monitor mode operation.  Only one virtual in-
       terface may be configured at any	time.

       For more	information on configuring this	device,	see ifconfig(8).

HARDWARE
       The urtw	driver supports	Realtek	RTL8187B/L based wireless network  de-
       vices, including:

	     Card			   Radio      Bus
	     Belkin F5D7050E		   RTL8225    USB
	     Linksys WUSB54GCv2		   RTL8225    USB
	     Netgear WG111v2		   RTL8225    USB
	     Netgear WG111v3		   RTL8225    USB
	     Safehome WLG-1500SMA5	   RTL8225    USB
	     Shuttle XPC Accessory PN20	   RTL8225    USB
	     Sitecom WL168v1		   RTL8225    USB
	     Sitecom WL168v4		   RTL8225    USB
	     SureCom EP-9001-g(2A)	   RTL8225    USB
	     TRENDnet TEW-424UB	V3.xR	   RTL8225    USB

EXAMPLES
       Join an existing	BSS network (i.e., connect to an access	point):

	     ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0	inet 192.0.2.20/24

       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_ccmp(4), wlan_tkip(4),
       wlan_wep(4), ifconfig(8), wpa_supplicant(8)

       Realtek,	https://www.realtek.com.

HISTORY
       The urtw	device driver first appeared in	FreeBSD	8.0.

AUTHORS
       The urtw	driver was written by Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@FreeBSD.org>.

FreeBSD	13.2		       November	10, 2024		       URTW(4)
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | HARDWARE | EXAMPLES | SEE ALSO | HISTORY | AUTHORS

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