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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/urtw.4 | |
| parent | 2f467bd7ff8f8db0dafa40426166491d7f57f368 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/urtw.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/urtw.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d108503e --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/urtw.4 @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: urtw.4,v 1.31 2025/03/27 15:12:14 jmc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@FreeBSD.org> +.\" +.\" 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 URTW 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm urtw +.Nd Realtek RTL8187L/RTL8187B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "urtw* at uhub? port ?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver supports USB 802.11b/g wireless adapters based on the +Realtek RTL8187L and RTL8187B. +.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. +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 HARDWARE +The following adapters should work: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It Alfa AWUS036H +.It ASUS P5B Deluxe +.It Belkin F5D7050E +.It Digitus DN-7003GT +.It Linksys WUSB54GC v2 +.It Netgear WG111v2 +.It Netgear WG111v3 +.It Shuttle XPC Accessory PN20 +.It Sitecom WL-168 v1 +.It Sitecom WL-168 v4 +.It Surecom EP-9001-g rev 2A +.It TRENDnet TEW-424UB V3.xR +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following example scans for available networks: +.Pp +.Dl # ifconfig urtw0 scan +.Pp +The following +.Xr hostname.if 5 +example configures urtw0 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 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 +.Pp +Realtek Semiconductor: +.Lk https://www.realtek.com/en +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Ox 4.5 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Weongyo Jeong Aq Mt weongyo@FreeBSD.org . |
