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33.Dd July 26, 2008
34.Os
35.Dt IWI 4
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm iwi
38.Nd Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11 driver
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Cd "device iwi"
41.Cd "device pci"
42.Cd "device wlan"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm
46driver provides support for Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG MiniPCI
47network adapters.
48.Pp
49By default, the
50.Nm
51driver configures the adapter for BSS operation (aka infrastructure mode).
52This mode requires the use of an access point.
53.Pp
54In addition IBSS operation (aka adhoc mode) is also supported. This mode requires
55special ibss firmware. See
56.Xr iwicontrol 8
57for more details on how to load firmware.
58.Pp
59For more (general) information on configuring this device, see
60.Xr ifconfig 8 .
61.Sh EXAMPLES
62Refer to the
63.Sx EXAMPLES
64section of
65.Xr wlan 4 .
66.Sh WORTH NOTING
67It's worth noting that in BSS mode if you haven't specified an
68ssid, the driver will auto-assign an ssid, joining the best
69network available.
70.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
71.Bl -diag
72.It "iwi%d: firmware reset"
73The driver has reset the firmware. This shouldn't but may occasionally happen.
74.It "iwi%d: device timeout"
75The driver will reset the hardware. This should not happen.
76.El
77.Sh SEE ALSO
78.Xr an 4 ,
79.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
80.Xr pci 4 ,
81.Xr wi 4 ,
82.Xr wlan 4 ,
83.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
84.Xr iwicontrol 8 ,
85.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
86.Sh AUTHORS
87.An -nosplit
88The
89.Nm
90driver and this man page were derived from those written by
91.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien.bergamini@free.fr .
92.Pp
93.Dx
94enhancements and IBSS support were written by
95.An Andrew Atrens Aq atrens@nortel.com .
96