netbsd man page for urtw

Query: urtw

OS: netbsd

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URTW(4) 						   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 						   URTW(4)

NAME
urtw -- Realtek RTL8187B/L USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: urtw* at uhub? port ?
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 interface may be configured at any time. For more information on config- uring this device, see ifconfig(8).
HARDWARE
The urtw driver supports Realtek RTL8187B/L based wireless network devices, 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
ifconfig.if(5) example configures urtw0 to join whatever network is available on boot, using WEP key ``0x1deadbeef1'', channel 11, obtaining an IP address using DHCP: nwkey 0x1deadbeef1 chan 11 dhcp Configure urtw0 to join network ``my_net'' using WPA with passphrase ``my_passphrase'': # ifconfig urtw0 nwid my_net wpakey my_passphrase Join an existing BSS network, ``my_net'': # ifconfig urtw0 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net
SEE ALSO
arp(4), netintro(4), usb(4), ifconfig.if(5), wpa_supplicant.conf(5), ifconfig(8), wpa_supplicant(8) Realtek, http://www.realtek.com.tw.
HISTORY
The urtw device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0.
AUTHORS
The urtw driver was written by Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@FreeBSD.org>.
BSD
October 17, 2009 BSD
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