Devices                                                   ipw(7D)

NAME

     ipw - Intel Pro Wireless 2100B wireless NIC driver

SYNOPSYS
     /dev/ipw*

DESCRIPTION
     The  ipw  802.11b/g  wireless   NIC  driver  is  a  multi-threaded,
     loadable, clonable,  GLD-based STREAMS  driver supporting  the Data
     Link  Provider Interface,  dlpi(7P),  on Intel  Pro Wireless  2100B
     chipset-based wireless NICs.

     The  ipw   driver  functions  include   controller  initialization,
     connecting to  wireless 802.11b infrastructure network,  WEP, frame
     transmit and receive.

DRIVER CONFIGURATION
     By default,  the ipw  driver will automatically  choose a  WLAN and
     connect to it using the following heuristics:

     - Unencrypted WLANs have higher priority.
     - WLANs with higher transmit rates have higher priority.
     - WLANs with stronger signal strength have higher priority.

     Supported 802.11b data rates (Mbit/s) are:
         1, 2, 5.5, 11

     Alternatively, you can configure ipw device with a set of ANSI/IEEE
     802.11 compliant  parameters using wificonfig(1M).   The parameters
     include:

         bssid          [read-only] MAC address of the  associated
                        access point.
         essid          Network name.
         bsstype        [read-only] Wireless network type.
                        The ipw driver only supports
                        BSS (Access point) at this time.
         rates          [read-only] Current data rate.
         authmode       [read-only] Authentication type.
                        Valid values: OPENSYSTEM or SHARED_KEY.
                        The ipw driver only supports OPENSYSTEM
                        at this time.
         encryption     Encryption algorithm.
                        Valid values:  NONE or WEP
         wepkeyindex    Index of WEP key. Valid values: 1 - 4
         wepkey[1-4]    [write-only] WEP keys 1 through 4. Valid  values:
                        5 chars or 10 hex-string for 40bit wepkey,
                        or 13 chars or 26 hex-string for 128bit
                        wepkey
         signal         [read-only] Signal strength. Valid values:
                        0 - 15
	 radio          [read-only] on/off

     To configure the ipw driver, first load the driver and plumb
     the interface

         # ifconfig <interface> plumb

     Then use wificonfig(1M) to configure wireless parameters.

     o Check current parameters
         # wificonfig -i <interface> getparam
         bssid: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
         essid:
         bsstype: BSS(AP)
         rates: 6
         authmode: opensystem
         encryption: none
         wepkeyindex: 1
         signal: 0
	 radio: on

     o Scan and list the currently available WLANs
         # wificonfig -i <interface> scan
         essid   bssid             type         encryption signallevel
         linksys 00:0f:66:12:aa:e5 access point WEP        1
         ap7-2   00:0f:24:19:09:70 access point WEP        10
         ap7-3   00:0f:24:19:0b:60 access point WEP        3

     o Connect to a WLAN
         # wificonfig createprofile home essid=ap7-2 \
           encryption=wep wepkey1=1234567890
         # wificonfig -i <interface> connect home
    
     o Check link status
         # wificonfig -i <interface> showstatus
         linkstatus: connected
         active profile: [home]
         essid: ap7-2
         encryption: WEP
         signal strength: medium(7)

     o Configure IP address
         # ifconfig <interface> dhcp
    
FILES
    /dev/ipw*                 ipw special character device
    /kernel/drv/ipw           32-bit ELF kernel module(x86)

ATTRIBUTES
    See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following att-
    ributes:

     ______________________________________________________
    |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE       |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE     |
    |___________________________|__________________________|
    | Architecture              | x86                      |
    |___________________________|__________________________|

SEE ALSO
    wificonfig(1M), gld(7P)