NAME

       ipw — Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11 driver

SYNOPSIS

       To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

             device ipw
             device ipwfw
             device pci
             device wlan
             device firmware

       Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

             if_ipw_load="YES"

       In  both  cases,  place  the  following  line  in loader.conf(5) to acknowledge the firmware license (see
       below):

             legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1

DESCRIPTION

       The ipw driver provides support for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 MiniPCI network  adapter.   ipw  supports
       station,  adhoc,  and  monitor mode operation.  Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
       For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).

       This driver requires the firmware built with the ipwfw module to work.  For the  loaded  firmware  to  be
       enabled  for  use  the  license  at  /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE  must be agreed by adding the
       following line to loader.conf(5):

             legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1

FILES

       /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE  ipw firmware license

EXAMPLES

       Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):

             ifconfig wlan create wlandev ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 \
                 netmask 0xffffff00

       Join a specific BSS network with network name “my_net”:

             ifconfig wlan create wlandev ipw0 ssid my_net up

       Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:

             ifconfig wlan create wlandev ipw0 ssid my_net \
                     wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up

       Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:

             ifconfig wlan create wlandev ipw0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \
                 wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1

DIAGNOSTICS

       ipw%d: device timeout  The driver will reset the hardware.  This should not happen.

       ipw%d: firmware error  The onboard microcontroller crashes for some reason.  The driver  will  reset  the
       hardware.  This should not happen.

       ipw%d:  timeout  waiting  for  firmware initialization to complete  The onboard microcontroller failed to
       initialize in time.  This should not happen.

       ipw%d: could not load firmware image '%s'  The driver  failed  to  load  the  firmware  image  using  the
       firmware(9)  subsystem.   Verify  the  ipwfw(4)  firmware  module  is installed and the license agreement
       loader(8) tunable has been set.

       ipw%d: could not load microcode  An attempt to upload the microcode image to the onboard  microcontroller
       failed.  This should not happen.

       ipw%d:  could  not  load firmware  An attempt to upload the firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
       failed.  This should not happen.

SEE ALSO

       ipwfw(4), pci(4), wlan(4), wlan_ccmp(4), wlan_tkip(4), wlan_wep(4), ifconfig(8), wpa_supplicant(8)

AUTHORS

       The original ipw driver was written by Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>.

Debian                                          October 15, 2015                                          IPW(4)