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+.\"-
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2004-2006
.\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -23,12 +26,12 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd October 15, 2015
+.Dd November 10, 2024
.Dt IWI 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm iwi
-.Nd "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11 driver"
+.Nd Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11 network driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
include the following lines in your
@@ -57,19 +60,14 @@ legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-driver provides support for
-.Tn Intel
-PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG MiniPCI and 2225BG PCI network adapters.
-.Nm
-supports
+driver provides support for Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG
+IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network devices in
.Cm station ,
.Cm adhoc ,
and
.Cm monitor
mode operation.
Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
-For more information on configuring this device, see
-.Xr ifconfig 8 .
.Pp
This driver requires the firmware built with the
.Nm iwifw
@@ -80,28 +78,42 @@ must be agreed by adding the following line to
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Pp
.Dl "legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1"
+.Pp
+For more information on configuring this device, see
+.Xr ifconfig 8 .
+.Sh HARDWARE
+The
+.Nm
+driver supports the following wireless network devices:
+.Pp
+.Bl -bullet -compact
+.It
+Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG MiniPCI Network Connection
+.It
+Intel PRO/Wireless 2225BG PCI Network Connection
+.It
+Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG MiniPCI Network Connection
+.El
.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE" -compact
+.Bl -tag -width "/usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE" -compact
.It Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE
.Nm
firmware license
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
- netmask 0xffffff00
-.Ed
+.Pp
+.Dl ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 inet 192.0.2.20/24
.Pp
Join a specific BSS network with network name
-.Dq Li my_net :
+.Ar my_net :
.Pp
-.Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 ssid my_net up"
+.Dl ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 ssid my_net up
.Pp
Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 ssid my_net \e
- wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
+ wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
.Ed
.Pp
Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
@@ -149,6 +161,7 @@ This should not happen.
.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
+.Xr networking 7 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
.Sh AUTHORS