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34 .Nd "Intel 3945ABG Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11 driver"
36 To compile this driver into the kernel,
37 place the following lines in your
38 kernel configuration file:
39 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
44 .Cd "device wlan_amrr"
48 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
49 module at boot time, place the following line in
51 .Bd -literal -offset indent
55 In both cases, place the following line in
57 to acknowledge the firmware license (see below):
58 .Bd -literal -offset indent
59 legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1
64 driver provides support for the
66 3945ABG Wireless network adapter
74 Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
75 For more information on configuring this device, see
78 This driver requires the firmware built with the
81 For the loaded firmware to be enabled for use the license at
82 .Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/LICENSE
83 must be agreed by adding the following line to
86 .Dl "legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1"
88 .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/LICENSE" -compact
89 .It Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/LICENSE
94 Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
96 .Bd -literal -offset indent
97 ifconfig wlan create wlandev wpi0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
101 Join a specific BSS network with network name
104 .Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev wpi0 ssid my_net up"
106 Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
107 .Bd -literal -offset indent
108 ifconfig wlan create wlandev wpi0 ssid my_net \e
109 wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
112 Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
113 .Bd -literal -offset indent
114 ifconfig wlan create wlandev wpi0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \e
115 wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
119 .It "wpi%d: could not load firmware image '%s'"
120 The driver failed to load the firmware image using the
125 firmware module is installed and the license agreement
127 tunable has been set.
128 .It "wpi%d: fatal firmware error"
129 An unknown error has occurred in the uploaded firmware, you may have to
130 unload/reload the driver to continue.
131 .It "wpi%d: Radio transmitter is switched off"
132 The hardware switch controlling the radio is currently turned off.
133 Data transmission is not possible in this state.
135 Not all the error messages are documented here.
137 Background scanning is not currently supported.
147 .Xr wpa_supplicant 8 .
152 driver was written for
155 .An Damien Bergamini Aq damien.bergamini@free.fr .
156 .An Benjamin Close Aq benjsc@FreeBSD.org