November 7, 2008

### NAME

ipw - Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11 driver

### SYNOPSIS

ipw* at pci? dev ? function ?

### DESCRIPTION

The ipw driver provides support for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 MiniPCI network adapter.

The Intel firmware requires acceptance of the End User License Agreement. The full license text can be found in /libdata/firmware/if_ipw/LICENSE. The license is agreed to by setting the sysctl variable ```hw.ipw.accept_eula` to 1.

By default, the ipw driver configures the adapter for BSS operation (aka infrastructure mode). This mode requires the use of an access point.

For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).

### EXAMPLES

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

```ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00`

Join a specific BSS network with network name `````my_net`'':

```ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net`

Join a specific BSS network with 64 bits WEP encryption:

  `

      ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net \
              nwkey 0x1234567890

  `

Join a specific BSS network with 128bits WEP encryption:

  `

      ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net \
              nwkey 0x01020304050607080910111213

  `

### DIAGNOSTICS

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

### SEE ALSO

an(4), awi(4), pci(4), wi(4), ifconfig(8), ipwctl(8)

### AUTHORS

The ipw driver and this man page were written by Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>
.