iwi(7D) Devices iwi(7D)
NAME
iwi - Intel Pro. Wireless 802.11a/b/g IPW2200B/G IPW2915A/B/G Driver
DESCRIPTION
The iwi 802.11b/g wireless NIC driver is a multi-threaded, loadable, clonable, GLDv3-based STREAMS driver supporting the Data Link
Provider Interface, dlpi(7P), on Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG 2915ABG chipset-based wireless NIC's. Driver functions include controller ini-
tialization, wireless 802.11b infrastructure network connection, WEP and frame transmit and receive.
DRIVER CONFIGURATION
The iwi driver performs auto-negotiation to determine the data rate and mode. Supported 802.11b data rates are 1, 2, 5.5 and 11 Mbits/sec.
Supported 802.11g data rates are 1, 2, 5.5, 11, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 and 54 Mbits/sec.
The iwi driver supports only BSS networks (also known as "ap" or "infrastructure" networks) and "open"(or "open-system") or "shared system"
authentication. Only WEP encryption is currently supported. You perform configuration and administration tasks using the dladm(1M) and
wificonfig(1M) utilities.
FILES
/dev/iwi* Special character device.
/kernel/drv/iwi 32-bit ELF kernel module (x86).
/kernel/drv/amd64/iwi 64-bit ELF kernel module (x86).
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |x86 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
dladm(1M), wificonfig(1M), attributes(5), gld(7D), dlpi(7P)
ANSI/IEEE Std 802.11- Standard for Wireless LAN Technology -- 1999
IEEE Std 802.11a- Standard for Wireless LAN Technology-Rev. A-- 2003
IEEE Std 802.11b - Standard for Wireless LAN Technology-Rev. B -- 2003
IEEE Std 802.11g- Standard for Wireless LAN Technology -Rev. G-- 2003
SunOS 5.11 11 Mar 2007 iwi(7D)
