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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/rum.4 | |
| parent | 2f467bd7ff8f8db0dafa40426166491d7f57f368 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/rum.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/rum.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f44d3ca0 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/rum.4 @@ -0,0 +1,226 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: rum.4,v 1.64 2025/03/27 15:12:14 jmc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2005-2007 +.\" 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 RUM 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm rum +.Nd Ralink Technology/MediaTek USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "rum* at uhub? port ?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver supports USB 2.0 and PCI Express Mini Card wireless adapters based on the +Ralink RT2501USB and RT2601USB chipsets. +.Pp +Ralink PCI Express Mini Card adapters show up as normal USB 2.0 devices and are +thus handled by the +.Nm +driver. +.Pp +The RT2501USB chipset is the second generation of 802.11a/b/g adapters from +Ralink. +It consists of two integrated chips, an RT2571W MAC/BBP and an RT2528 or +RT5226 radio transceiver. +.Pp +The RT2601USB chipset consists of two integrated chips, an RT2671 MAC/BBP and +an RT2527 or RT5225 radio transceiver. +This chipset uses the MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) technology with +multiple antennas to extend the operating range of the adapter and to achieve +higher throughput. +.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 IBSS mode +Also known as +.Em IEEE ad-hoc +mode or +.Em peer-to-peer +mode. +This is the standardized method of operating without an access point. +Stations associate with a service set. +However, actual connections between stations are peer-to-peer. +.It Host AP +In this mode the driver acts as an access point (base station) +for other cards. +.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. +The +.Nm +driver relies on the software 802.11 stack for both encryption and decryption +of data frames. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver can be configured at runtime with +.Xr ifconfig 8 +or on boot with +.Xr hostname.if 5 . +.Sh FILES +The following firmware file is loaded when an interface is brought up: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It /etc/firmware/rum-rt2573 +.El +.Sh HARDWARE +The following adapters should work: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It 3Com Aolynk WUB320g +.It Abocom WUG2700 +.It Airlink101 AWLL5025 +.It ASUS WL-167g ver 2 +.It Atlantis Land A02-UP1-W54 +.It Belkin F5D7050 ver 3 +.It Belkin F5D9050 ver 3 +.It Belkin F5D9050C +.It Buffalo WLI-U2-SG54HG +.It Buffalo WLI-U2-SG54HP +.It Buffalo WLI-U2-G54HP +.It CNet CWD-854 ver F +.It Conceptronic C54RU ver 2 +.It Corega CG-WLUSB2GL +.It Corega CG-WLUSB2GO +.It Corega CG-WLUSB2GPX +.It D-Link DWA-110 +.It D-Link DWA-111 +.It "D-Link DWL-G122 rev C1" +.It D-Link WUA-1340 +.It Digitus DN-7003GR +.It Edimax EW-7318Ug +.It Edimax EW-7318USg +.It Edimax EW-7618Ug +.It Gigabyte GN-WB01GS +.It Gigabyte GN-WI05GS +.It Hawking HWUG1 +.It Hawking HWU54DM +.It Hercules HWGUSB2-54-LB +.It Hercules HWGUSB2-54V2-AP +.It LevelOne WNC-0301USB v3 +.It Linksys WUSB200 +.It Linksys WUSB54G rev C +.It Linksys WUSB54GR +.It Planex GW-US54HP +.It Planex GW-US54Mini2 +.It Planex GW-USMM +.It Senao NUB-3701 +.It Sitecom WL-113 ver 2 +.It Sitecom WL-172 +.It Sweex LW053 +.It TP-LINK TL-WN321G +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following example scans for available networks: +.Pp +.Dl # ifconfig rum0 scan +.Pp +The following +.Xr hostname.if 5 +example configures rum0 to join network +.Dq mynwid , +using WPA key +.Dq mywpakey , +obtaining an IP address using DHCP: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +nwid mynwid wpakey mywpakey +inet autoconf +.Ed +.Pp +The following +.Xr hostname.if 5 +example creates a host-based access point on boot: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +mediaopt hostap +nwid mynwid wpakey mywpakey +inet 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 +.Ed +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "rum0: 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 "rum0: could not load 8051 microcode" +An error occurred while attempting to upload the microcode to the onboard 8051 +microcontroller unit. +.It "rum0: 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 hostapd 8 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Ox 4.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Niall O'Higgins Aq Mt niallo@openbsd.org +and +.An Damien Bergamini Aq Mt damien.bergamini@free.fr . +.Sh CAVEATS +The +.Nm +driver supports automatic control of the transmit speed in BSS mode only. +Therefore the use of a +.Nm +adapter in Host AP mode is discouraged. |
