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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/urtwn.4 | |
| parent | 2f467bd7ff8f8db0dafa40426166491d7f57f368 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/urtwn.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/urtwn.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8d7f0d47 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/urtwn.4 @@ -0,0 +1,204 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: urtwn.4,v 1.59 2025/10/27 17:47:46 hshoexer Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2010 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: October 27 2025 $ +.Dt URTWN 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm urtwn +.Nd Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8188EU/RTL8188FTV/RTL8192CU/RTL8192EU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless +network device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "urtwn* at uhub? port ?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver supports USB 2.0 wireless network devices based on Realtek +RTL8188CU, RTL8188CE-VAU, RTL8188EU, RTL8188FTV, RTL8188RU, RTL8192CU +and RTL8192EU chipsets. +.Pp +The RTL8188CU, RTL8188EU and RTL8188FTV are highly integrated 802.11n adapters +that combine a MAC, a 1T1R capable baseband and an RF in a single chip. +They operate in the 2GHz spectrum only. +The RTL8188RU is a high-power variant of the RTL8188CU. +The RTL8188CE-VAU is a PCI Express Mini Card adapter that attaches +to the USB interface. +.Pp +The RTL8192CU and RTL8192EU are highly integrated multiple-in, multiple-out +(MIMO) 802.11n adapters that combine a MAC, a 2T2R capable baseband and an +RF in a single chip. +They operate in the 2GHz spectrum only. +.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. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver can be configured at runtime with +.Xr ifconfig 8 +or on boot with +.Xr hostname.if 5 . +.Sh FILES +The adapter needs firmware files to run, which are loaded on demand by +the driver when the device is attached: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It Pa /etc/firmware/urtwn-rtl8192cT +.It Pa /etc/firmware/urtwn-rtl8192cU +.It Pa /etc/firmware/urtwn-rtl8192eu +.It Pa /etc/firmware/urtwn-rtl8188eu +.It Pa /etc/firmware/urtwn-rtl8188ftv +.El +.Sh HARDWARE +The following adapters should work: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It Airlink101 AWLL5088 +.It Alfa AWUS036NHR +.It Approx APPUSB300NANO V1 +.It Aus. Linx AL-9604R1S +.It Asus USB-N10 NANO +.It Asus USB-N10 NANO B1 +.It B-Link BL-LW05-5R +.It Belkin F7D1102 Surf Wireless Micro +.It Comfast CF-WU710N v4 +.It D-Link DWA-121 +.It D-Link DWA-123 rev \&D1 +.It D-Link DWA-125 rev \&D1 +.It D-Link DWA-131 rev B, E1 +.It D-Link DWA-133 +.It D-Link DWA-135 +.It Digitus DN-7042 +.It Edimax EW-7811Un +.It Edimax EW-7811Un v2 +.It EDUP EP-N8508 +.It Elecom WDC-150SU2M +.It Full River FR-W100NUL +.It Hercules Wireless N USB Pico HWNUp-150 +.It IO-DATA WN-G150UM +.It ISY IWL4000 USB Wireless Micro Adapter +.It Mercusys MW150US V2 +.It Netgear WNA1000A +.It Netgear WNA1000M +.It Netgear WNA1000Mv2 +.It On Networks N300MA +.It Patriot PCUSBW1150 +.It Planex GW-USEco300 +.It Planex GW-USNano2 +.It Planex GW-USValue-EZ +.It Planex GW-USWExtreme +.It POWCHIP POW-N18 +.It Prolink WN2201 +.It Sitecom WL-365 +.It Sitecom WLA-2100 v2 +.It Solwise NET-WL-UMD-606N +.It TP-LINK TL-WN722N v2 +.It TP-LINK TL-WN723N v3 +.It TP-LINK TL-WN725N v2 +.It TP-LINK TL-WN821N v4 +.It TP-LINK TL-WN821N v5 +.It TP-LINK TL-WN822N v4 +.It TP-LINK TL-WN822N v5 +.It TP-LINK TL-WN823N v3 +.It TRENDnet TEW-648UBM +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following example scans for available networks: +.Pp +.Dl # ifconfig urtwn0 scan +.Pp +The following +.Xr hostname.if 5 +example configures urtwn0 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 "urtwn0: 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 "urtwn0: 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 4.9 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Damien Bergamini Aq Mt damien.bergamini@free.fr . +.Sh CAVEATS +The +.Nm +driver does not support any of the 802.11n capabilities offered by the +adapters. +Additional work is required in +.Xr ieee80211 9 +before those features can be supported. |
