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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/iwn.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/iwn.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..64e443c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/iwn.4 @@ -0,0 +1,216 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: iwn.4,v 1.63 2025/03/25 19:57:54 jmc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2007,2008 +.\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" 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 25 2025 $ +.Dt IWN 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm iwn +.Nd Intel WiFi Link and Centrino IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "iwn* at pci?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965/5000/1000 +and Centrino Wireless-N 1000/2000/6000 Series PCIe Mini Card network adapters. +.Pp +The Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (codenamed Kedron) is a PCIe +Mini Card network adapter that operates in the 2GHz and 5GHz spectra. +It has 2 transmit paths and 3 receiver paths (2T3R). +It is part of the fourth-generation Centrino platform (codenamed Santa Rosa). +.Pp +The Intel WiFi Link 5000 series is a family of wireless network adapters +that operate in the 2GHz and 5GHz spectra. +They are part of the fifth-generation Centrino platform (codenamed Montevina). +These adapters are available in both PCIe Mini Card (model code ending by MMW) +and PCIe Half Mini Card (model code ending by HMW) form factor. +The +.Nm +driver provides support for the 5100 (codenamed Shirley Peak 1x2), +5150 (codenamed Echo Peak-V), 5300 (codenamed Shirley Peak 3x3) and +5350 (codenamed Echo Peak-P) adapters. +The 5100 and 5150 adapters have 1 transmit path and 2 receiver paths (1T2R). +The 5300 and 5350 adapters have 3 transmit paths and 3 receiver paths (3T3R). +.Pp +The Intel WiFi Link 1000 (codenamed Condor Peak) is a single-chip wireless +network adapter that operates in the 2GHz spectrum. +It is part of the sixth-generation Centrino platform (codenamed Calpella). +It is available in both PCIe Mini Card (model code ending by MMW) +and PCIe Half Mini Card (model code ending by HMW) form factor. +It has 1 transmit path and 2 receiver paths (1T2R). +.Pp +The Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (codenamed Puma Peak 3x3) is a single-chip +wireless network adapter that operates in the 2GHz and 5GHz spectra. +It has 3 transmit paths and 3 receiver paths (3T3R). +The Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6250 (codenamed Kilmer Peak) is a combo +WiFi/WiMAX network adapter that operates in the 2GHz and 5GHz spectra. +It has 2 transmit paths and 2 receiver paths (2T2R). +The Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 (codenamed Puma Peak 2x2) is +a wireless network adapter that operates in the 2GHz and 5GHz spectra. +It has 2 transmit paths and 2 receiver paths (2T2R). +These adapters are part of the sixth-generation Centrino platform +(codenamed Calpella). +.Pp +The Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 (codename Jackson Peak) and Intel +Centrino Wireless-N 2200 (codename Marble Peak) are wireless network +adapters that operate in the 2GHz spectrum. +These adapters have 2 transmit paths and 2 receiver paths (2T2R). +The Intel Centrino Wireless-N 135 and Intel Centrino Wireless-N 105 +(codename Canyon Peak) also operate in the 2GHz spectrum. +These adapters have 1 transmit path and 1 receiver path (1T1R). +.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 offloads both encryption and decryption of unicast data frames to the +hardware for the CCMP cipher. +.Pp +In BSS mode the driver supports powersave mode +and background scanning; +see +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.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 5.6 of the following firmware files, +which are loaded when an interface is brought up: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwn-4965 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwn-5000 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwn-5150 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwn-1000 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwn-6000 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwn-6050 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwn-6005 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwn-6030 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwn-2030 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwn-2000 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwn-135 +.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwn-105 +.El +.Pp +These firmware files are not free because Intel refuses to grant +distribution rights without contractual obligations. +As a result, even though +.Ox +includes the driver, the firmware files cannot be included and +users have to download these files on their own. +.Pp +A prepackaged version of the firmware can be installed using +.Xr fw_update 8 . +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following example scans for available networks: +.Pp +.Dl # ifconfig iwn0 scan +.Pp +The following +.Xr hostname.if 5 +example configures iwn0 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 "iwn0: 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. +.It "iwn0: fatal firmware error" +For some reason, the firmware crashed. +The driver will reset the hardware. +This should not happen. +.It "iwn0: radio is disabled by hardware switch" +The radio transmitter is off and thus no packet can go out. +The driver will reset the hardware. +Make sure the laptop radio switch is on. +.It "iwn0: could not read firmware ... (error N)" +For some reason, the driver was unable to read the firmware image from the +filesystem. +The file might be missing or corrupted. +.It "iwn0: firmware too short: N bytes" +The firmware image is corrupted and can't be loaded into the adapter. +.It "iwn0: could not load firmware" +An attempt to load the firmware into the adapter failed. +The driver will reset the hardware. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr ifmedia 4 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr hostname.if 5 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Ox 4.3 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Damien Bergamini Aq Mt damien.bergamini@free.fr . +.Sh CAVEATS +802.11n operation is currently limited to data rates MCS 0 to MCS 7. |
