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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
| commit | 6d8bdc65446a704d0750217efd05532fc641ea7d (patch) | |
| tree | 8ae6d698b3c9801750a8b117b3842fb369872a3a /static/openbsd/man4/otus.4 | |
| parent | 2f467bd7ff8f8db0dafa40426166491d7f57f368 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/otus.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/otus.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f6234c2e --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/otus.4 @@ -0,0 +1,177 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: otus.4,v 1.38 2025/03/27 15:12:14 jmc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: March 27 2025 $ +.Dt OTUS 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm otus +.Nd Atheros USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "otus* at uhub? port ?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver supports USB 2.0 wireless network devices based on Atheros +Communications AR9001U chipset. +.Pp +The AR9001U chipset is made of an AR9170 MAC/Baseband +and an AR9101 (1T2R), AR9102 (2T2R) or AR9104 (dual-band 2T2R) +Radio. +.Pp +These are the modes the +.Nm +driver can operate in: +.Bl -tag -width "IBSS-masterXX" +.It BSS mode +Also known as +.Em infrastructure +mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through +which all traffic passes. +This mode is the default. +.It monitor mode +In this mode the driver is able to receive packets without +associating with an access point. +This disables the internal receive filter and enables the card to +capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to, +or to scan for access points. +.El +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver can be configured to use +Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or +Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA1 and WPA2). +WPA2 is currently the most secure encryption standard for wireless networks +supported by +.Ox . +It is strongly recommended that neither WEP nor WPA1 +are used as the sole mechanism to secure wireless communication, +due to serious weaknesses. +WPA1 is disabled by default and may be enabled using the option +.Qq Cm wpaprotos Ar wpa1,wpa2 . +For standard WPA networks which use pre-shared keys (PSK), +keys are configured using the +.Qq Cm wpakey +option. +WPA-Enterprise networks require use of the wpa_supplicant package. +.Qq Cm wpaprotos Ar wpa1,wpa2 . +For standard WPA networks which use pre-shared keys (PSK), +keys are configured using the +.Qq Cm wpakey +option. +WPA-Enterprise networks require use of the wpa_supplicant package. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver can be configured at runtime with +.Xr ifconfig 8 +or on boot with +.Xr hostname.if 5 . +.Sh FILES +The driver needs at least version 1.0 of the following firmware files, +which are loaded when an interface is attached: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It Pa /etc/firmware/otus-init +.It Pa /etc/firmware/otus-main +.El +.Pp +Although these firmware files are freely redistributable, their usage +is restricted. +A prepackaged version of the firmware can be installed using +.Xr fw_update 8 . +.Sh HARDWARE +The following adapters should work: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It 3Com 3CRUSBN275 +.It Arcadyan WN7512 +.\" .It AVM FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick N +.It CACE AirPcap \&Nx +.It D-Link DWA-130 rev \&D1 +.It D-Link DWA-160 rev A1 +.It D-Link DWA-160 rev A2 +.It IO-Data WN-GDN/US2 +.It NEC Aterm WL300NU-G +.It Netgear WNDA3100 +.It Netgear WN111 v2 +.It Planex GW-US300 +.It SMC Networks SMCWUSB-N2 +.It TP-Link TL-WN821N v1, v2 +.It Ubiquiti SR71 USB +.It Unex DNUA-81 +.It Z-Com UB81 +.It Z-Com UB82 +.It ZyXEL NWD-271N +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following example scans for available networks: +.Pp +.Dl # ifconfig otus0 scan +.Pp +The following +.Xr hostname.if 5 +example configures otus0 to join network +.Dq mynwid , +using WPA key +.Dq mywpakey , +obtaining an IP address using DHCP: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +join mynwid wpakey mywpakey +inet autoconf +.Ed +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "otus0: error N, could not read firmware ..." +For some reason, the driver was unable to read the microcode file from the +filesystem. +The file might be missing or corrupted. +.It "otus0: device timeout" +A frame dispatched to the hardware for transmission did not complete in time. +The driver will reset the hardware. +This should not happen. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr ifmedia 4 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr usb 4 , +.Xr hostname.if 5 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Ox 4.6 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Damien Bergamini Aq Mt damien.bergamini@free.fr +based on source code licensed under the ISC released in 2008 by Atheros +Communications for Linux. +.Sh CAVEATS +The AVM FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick N adapter is currently not supported. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver does not support any of the 802.11n capabilities offered by the +AR9001U chipset. +Additional work is required in +.Xr ieee80211 9 +before those features can be supported. |
