.\" $NetBSD: rtw.4,v 1.3 2005/09/09 14:11:39 drochner Exp $ .\" $OpenBSD: rtw.4,v 1.18 2005/06/09 09:03:38 jmc Exp $ .\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man4/rtw.4,v 1.8 2008/07/26 16:25:40 swildner Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2004 Jonathan Gray .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above .\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. .\" .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES .\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR .\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .Dd July 26, 2008 .Dt RTW 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm rtw .Nd Realtek RTL8180L IEEE 802.11b wireless network driver .Sh SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: .Bd -ragged -offset indent .Cd "device rtw" .Cd "device wlan" .Cd "device wlan_wep" .Cd "device wlan_ratectl_onoe" .Ed .Pp Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in .Xr loader.conf 5 : .Bd -literal -offset indent if_rtw_load="YES" .Ed .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver supports PCI/CardBus 802.11b wireless adapters based on the Realtek RTL8180L. .Pp A variety of radio transceivers can be found in these devices, including the Philips SA2400A, Maxim MAX2820, and GCT GRF5101, though not all of them are currently supported. .Pp These are the modes the .Nm driver can operate in: .Bl -tag -width "monitor mode" .It BSS mode Also known as .Em infrastructure mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through which all traffic passes. This mode is the default. .It IBSS mode Also known as .Em IEEE ad-hoc mode or .Em peer-to-peer mode. This is the standardized method of operating without an access point. Stations associate with a service set. However, actual connections between stations are peer-to-peer. .It Host AP In this mode the driver acts as an access point (base station) for other cards. .It monitor mode In this mode the driver is able to receive packets without associating with an access point. This disables the internal receive filter and enables the card to capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to, or to scan for access points. .El .Pp .Nm supports software WEP. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is the de facto encryption standard for wireless networks. It can be typically configured in one of three modes: no encryption; 40-bit encryption; or 104-bit encryption. Unfortunately, due to serious weaknesses in WEP protocol it is strongly recommended that it not be used as the sole mechanism to secure wireless communication. WEP is not enabled by default. .Sh CONFIGURATION The .Nm driver can be configured at runtime with .Xr ifconfig 8 using the following parameters: .Bl -tag -width ".Fl mediaopt Ar opts" .It Cm bssid Ar bssid Set the desired BSSID. .It Fl bssid Unset the desired BSSID. The interface will automatically select a BSSID in this mode, which is the default. .It Cm chan Ar n Set the channel (radio frequency) to be used by the driver based on the given channel ID .Ar n . .It Fl chan Unset the desired channel to be used by the driver. The driver will automatically select a channel in this mode, which is the default. .It Cm media Ar media The .Nm driver supports the following .Ar media types: .Pp .Bl -tag -width ".Cm autoselect" -compact .It Cm autoselect Enable autoselection of the media type and options. .It Cm DS1 Set 802.11b DS 1Mbps operation. .It Cm DS2 Set 802.11b DS 2Mbps operation. .It Cm DS5 Set 802.11b DS 5.5Mbps operation. .It Cm DS11 Set 802.11b DS 11Mbps operation. .El .It Cm mediaopt Ar opts The .Nm driver supports the following media options: .Pp .Bl -tag -width ".Cm monitor" -compact .It Cm hostap Select Host AP operation. .It Cm ibss Select IBSS operation. .It Cm monitor Select monitor mode. .El .It Fl mediaopt Ar opts Disable the specified media options on the driver and return it to the default mode of operation (BSS). .It Cm ssid Ar id Set the network ID. The .Ar id can either be any text string up to 32 characters in length, or a series of hexadecimal digits up to 64 digits. An empty .Ar id string allows the interface to connect to any available access points. By default the .Nm driver uses an empty string. Note that network ID is synonymous with Extended Service Set ID (ESSID). .It Cm nwkey Ar key Enable WEP encryption using the specified .Ar key . The .Ar key can either be a string, a series of hexadecimal digits (preceded by .Sq 0x ) , or a set of keys of the form .Dq n:k1,k2,k3,k4 , where .Sq n specifies which of the keys will be used for transmitted packets, and the four keys, .Dq k1 through .Dq k4 , are configured as WEP keys. If a set of keys is specified, a comma .Pq Sq \&, within the key must be escaped with a backslash. Note that if multiple keys are used, their order must be the same within the network. .Nm is capable of using both 40-bit (5 characters or 10 hexadecimal digits) or 104-bit (13 characters or 26 hexadecimal digits) keys. .It Fl nwkey Disable WEP encryption. This is the default mode of operation. .It Cm nwkey persist Enable WEP encryption with the persistent key stored in the network card. .El .Sh HARDWARE The following adapters should work: .Pp .Bl -column -compact ".Li Ovislink AirLive WL-1120PCM" "CardBus" .It Em Card Ta Em Bus .\".It Li "Acer Aspire 1357 LMi" Ta Mini PCI .\".It Li "Belkin F5D6001 V3" Ta PCI .It Li "Belkin F5D6020 V3" Ta CardBus .It Li "Buffalo WLI-CB-B11" Ta CardBus .It Li "Corega CG-WLCB11V3" Ta CardBus .\".It Li "D-Link DWL-510" Ta PCI .\".It Li "D-Link DWL-520 rev D" Ta PCI .It Li "D-Link DWL-610" Ta CardBus .\".It Li "Encore ENLWI-PCI1-NT" Ta PCI .\".It Li "Gigabyte GN-WLMR101" Ta PCI .It Li "Level-One WPC-0101" Ta CardBus .It Li "Linksys WPC11 v4" Ta CardBus .It Li "Netgear MA521" Ta CardBus .It Li "Ovislink AirLive WL-1120PCM" Ta CardBus .It Li "Planet WL-3553" Ta CardBus .It Li "TrendNET TEW-266PC" Ta CardBus .\".It Li "TrendNET TEW-288PI" Ta PCI .It Li "VCTnet PC-11B1" Ta CardBus .El .Sh EXAMPLES Refer to the .Sx EXAMPLES section of .Xr wlan 4 . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr arp 4 , .Xr cardbus 4 , .Xr ifmedia 4 , .Xr intro 4 , .Xr netintro 4 , .Xr pci 4 , .Xr wlan 4 , .Xr wlan_ratectl 4 , .Xr hostapd 8 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Rs .%T Realtek .%O http://www.realtek.com.tw .Re .Sh HISTORY The .Nm device driver first appeared in .Nx 3.0 and then in .Ox 3.7 . It was imported into .Dx 1.7 . .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit The .Nm driver was written by .An David Young .Aq dyoung@NetBSD.org and ported to .Ox by .An Jonathan Gray Aq jsg@openbsd.org , who wrote this man page. The .Dx port was done by .An Sepherosa Ziehau .Aq sepherosa@gmail.com . .Sh BUGS Only the Philips SA2400A and Maxim MAX2820 RF transceivers are known to work. Devices incorporating a GCT RF transceiver are not supported due to a lack of documentation from GCT. .Pp While PCI devices will attach most of them are not able to transmit.