.\" .\" Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 .\" Damien Bergamini . .\" Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 .\" Andrew Atrens . .\" .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice unmodified, this list of conditions, and the following .\" disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man4/iwi.4,v 1.14 2008/07/26 16:25:40 swildner Exp $ .\" .Dd March 3, 2008 .Os .Dt IWI 4 .Sh NAME .Nm iwi .Nd Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11 driver .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "device iwi" .Cd "device pci" .Cd "device wlan" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver provides support for Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG MiniPCI network adapters. .Pp By default, the .Nm driver configures the adapter for BSS operation (aka infrastructure mode). This mode requires the use of an access point. .Pp In addition IBSS operation (aka adhoc mode) is also supported. This mode requires special ibss firmware. .Pp For more (general) information on configuring this device, see .Xr ifconfig 8 . .Sh FILES The firmware for the adapter is not shipped with .Dx and must be obtained separately. An archive with firmware files that are known to work can be found at: .Bd -literal -offset indent http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=7 .Ed .Pp The firmware files have to reside in .Pa /etc/firmware/iwi/2200/3.0 and will be loaded when the interface is brought up. .Sh EXAMPLES Refer to the .Sx EXAMPLES section of .Xr wlan 4 . .Sh WORTH NOTING It's worth noting that in BSS mode if you haven't specified an ssid, the driver will auto-assign an ssid, joining the best network available. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Bl -diag .It "iwi%d: firmware reset" The driver has reset the firmware. This shouldn't but may occasionally happen. .It "iwi%d: device timeout" The driver will reset the hardware. This should not happen. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr an 4 , .Xr ifmedia 4 , .Xr pci 4 , .Xr wi 4 , .Xr wlan 4 , .Xr ifconfig 8 , .Xr wpa_supplicant 8 .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit The .Nm driver and this man page were derived from those written by .An Damien Bergamini Aq damien.bergamini@free.fr . .Pp .Dx enhancements and IBSS support were written by .An Andrew Atrens Aq atrens@nortel.com .