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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/zyd.4 | |
| parent | 2f467bd7ff8f8db0dafa40426166491d7f57f368 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/zyd.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/zyd.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d84b8636 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/zyd.4 @@ -0,0 +1,217 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: zyd.4,v 1.49 2025/03/25 19:57:54 jmc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999 +.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Bill Paul. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any co-contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Bill Paul AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF +.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: March 25 2025 $ +.Dt ZYD 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm zyd +.Nd ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "zyd* at uhub? port ?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for wireless network adapters based around +the ZyDAS ZD1211 and ZD1211B USB chips. +.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 FILES +The adapter needs some firmware files, which are loaded on demand by the +driver when a device is attached: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It Pa /etc/firmware/zd1211 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/zd1211b +.El +.Sh HARDWARE +The following devices are known to be supported by the +.Nm +driver: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It 3COM 3CRUSB10075 +.It Acer WLAN-G-US1 +.It Airlink+ AWLL3025 +.It Airlink 101 AWLL3026 +.It AOpen 802.11g WL54 +.It Asus A9T integrated wireless +.It Asus WL-159g +.It Belkin F5D7050 v.4000 +.It Billion BiPAC 3011G +.It Buffalo WLI-U2-KG54L +.It CC&C WL-2203B +.It DrayTek Vigor 550 +.It Edimax EW-7317UG +.It Edimax EW-7317LDG +.It Fiberline Networks WL-43OU +.It iNexQ UR055g +.It Linksys WUSBF54G +.It Longshine LCS-8131G3 +.It MSI US54SE +.It Philips SNU5600 +.It Planet WL-U356 +.It Planex GW-US54GD +.It Planex GW-US54GXS +.It Planex GW-US54GZL +.It Planex GW-US54Mini +.It Planex GW-US54ZGL +.It Safecom SWMULZ-5400 +.It Sagem XG 760A +.It Sagem XG 76NA +.It Sandberg Wireless G54 USB +.It Sitecom WL-113 +.It Sitecom WL-603 +.It SMC SMCWUSB-G +.It Sweex wireless USB 54 Mbps +.It Tekram/Siemens USB adapter +.It Telegent TG54USB +.It Trendnet TEW-424UB rev A +.It Trendnet TEW-429UB +.It TwinMOS G240 +.It US Robotics 5423 +.It X-Micro XWL-11GUZX +.It Yakumo QuickWLAN USB +.It Zonet ZEW2501 +.It ZyXEL AG-220 +.It ZyXEL AG-225H v2 +.It ZyXEL G-200 v2 +.It ZyXEL G-202 +.It ZyXEL G-220 +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following example scans for available networks: +.Pp +.Dl # ifconfig zyd0 scan +.Pp +The following +.Xr hostname.if 5 +example configures zyd0 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 "zyd0: error N, could not read firmware ..." +For some reason, the driver was unable to read the firmware image from the +filesystem. +The file might be missing or corrupted. +.It "zyd0: could not load firmware (error=N)" +An error occurred while attempting to upload the firmware to the onboard +microcontroller unit. +.It "zyd0: could not send command (error=...)" +An attempt to send a command to the firmware failed. +.It "zyd0: sorry, radio ... is not supported yet" +Support for the specified radio chip is not yet implemented in the driver. +The device will not attach. +.It "zyd0: device version mismatch: 0xXXXX (only >= 43.30 supported)" +Early revisions of the ZD1211 chipset are not supported by this driver. +The device will not attach. +.It "zyd0: 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 AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Florian Stoehr Aq Mt ich@florian-stoehr.de , +.An Damien Bergamini Aq Mt damien.bergamini@free.fr , +and +.An Jonathan Gray Aq Mt jsg@openbsd.org . +.Sh CAVEATS +The +.Nm +driver does not support a lot of the functionality available in the hardware. +More work is required to properly support the IBSS and power management +features. |
