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33.Dd $Mdocdate: October 19 2013 $
34.Dt ATU 4
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm atu
38.Nd Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b wireless network device
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Cd "atu* at uhub? port ?"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44driver provides support for wireless network adapters based around
45the Atmel AT76C503, AT76C503A, AT76C505, and AT76C505A USB chipsets and four
46companion radio chipsets.
47.Pp
48The
49.Nm
50driver encapsulates all IP and ARP traffic as 802.11 frames,
51though it can receive either 802.11 or 802.3 frames.
52.Pp
53These are the modes the
54.Nm
55driver can operate in:
56.Bl -tag -width "IBSS-masterXX"
57.It BSS mode
58Also known as
59.Em infrastructure
60mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through
61which all traffic passes.
62This mode is the default.
63.It IBSS mode
64Also known as
65.Em IEEE ad-hoc
66mode or
67.Em peer-to-peer
68mode.
69This is the standardized method of operating without an access point.
70Stations associate with a service set.
71However, actual connections between stations are peer-to-peer.
72.El
73.Pp
74The
75.Nm
76driver can be configured to use hardware
77Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP).
78It is strongly recommended that WEP
79not be used as the sole mechanism
80to secure wireless communication,
81due to serious weaknesses in it.
82.Pp
83The
84.Nm
85driver can be configured at runtime with
86.Xr ifconfig 8
87or on boot with
88.Xr hostname.if 5 .
89.Sh HARDWARE
90The following devices are known to be supported by the
91.Nm
92driver:
93.Pp
94.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
95.It Tn 3Com 3CRSHEW696
96.It Tn AboCom BWU613
97.It Tn Accton 2664W
98.It Tn Acer Peripherals AWL300
99.It Tn Acer Peripherals AWL400
100.It Tn Actiontec 802UAT1
101.It Tn Addtron AWU120
102.It Tn Aincomm AWU2000B
103.It Tn Askey Computer Voyager 1010
104.It Tn Askey Computer WLL013 (Intersil Radio)
105.It Tn Askey Computer WLL013 (RFMD Radio)
106.It Tn Atmel AT76C503 (Intersil Radio)
107.It Tn Atmel AT76C503 (RFMD Radio)
108.It Tn Atmel AT76C505 (RFMD Radio)
109.It Tn Atmel AT76C505 (RFMD 2958 Radio)
110.It Tn Atmel AT76C505A (RFMD 2958 Radio)
111.It Tn Atmel AT76C505AS (RFMD 2958 Radio)
112.It Tn Belkin F5D6050
113.It Tn Bluetake BW002
114.It Tn Compaq iPAQ h54xx/h55xx Internal WLAN
115.It Tn Conceptronic C11U
116.It Tn Conceptronic WL210
117.It Tn Corega WLAN USB Stick 11
118.It Tn Dick Smith Electronics CHUSB 611G
119.It Tn Dick Smith Electronics WL200U
120.It Tn Dick Smith Electronics WL240U
121.It Tn Dick Smith Electronics XH1153
122.It Tn D-Link DWL-120 rev E
123.It Tn Geowave GW-US11S
124.It Tn Gigabyte GN-WLBM101
125.It Tn Gigaset WLAN
126.It Tn Hewlett-Packard HN210W
127.It Tn Intel AP310 AnyPoint II
128.It Tn I/O DATA USB WN-B11
129.It Tn Lexar 2662W-AR
130.It Tn Linksys WUSB11 802.11b
131.It Tn Linksys WUSB11 802.11b v2.8
132.It Tn MSI WLAN
133.It Tn Netgear MA101
134.It Tn Netgear MA101 rev B
135.It Tn OQO model 01 WiFi
136.It Tn Ovislink AirLive WL-1120USB
137.It Tn OvisLink AirLive WL-1130USB
138.It Tn Planex Communications GW-US11S
139.It Tn Samsung SWL2100W
140.It Tn Siemens WLL013
141.It Tn SMC EZ Connect 11Mbps (SMC2662w)
142.It Tn SMC EZ Connect 11Mbps v2 (SMC2662wV2)
143.It Tn Tekram U-300C
144.It Tn TRENDnet TEW-229UB
145.It Tn W-Buddie WN210
146.It Tn Z-Com M4Y-750
147.El
148.Sh FILES
149The adapter needs some firmware files, which are loaded on demand by the
150driver when the device is attached:
151.Pp
152.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
153.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-at76c503-i3863-int
154.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-at76c503-i3863-ext
155.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-at76c503-rfmd-acc-int
156.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-at76c503-rfmd-acc-ext
157.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-at76c505-rfmd-int
158.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-at76c505-rfmd-ext
159.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-intersil-int
160.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-intersil-ext
161.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-rfmd-int
162.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-rfmd-ext
163.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-rfmd2958-int
164.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-rfmd2958-ext
165.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-rfmd2958smc-int
166.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-rfmd2958smc-ext
167.El
168.Sh EXAMPLES
169The following example scans for available networks:
170.Pp
171.Dl # ifconfig atu0 scan
172.Pp
173The following
174.Xr hostname.if 5
175example configures atu0 to join network
176.Dq mynwid ,
177using WEP key
178.Dq mywepkey ,
179obtaining an IP address using DHCP:
180.Bd -literal -offset indent
181nwid mynwid
182nwkey mywepkey
183dhcp
184.Ed
185.Sh SEE ALSO
186.Xr arp 4 ,
187.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
188.Xr intro 4 ,
189.Xr netintro 4 ,
190.Xr usb 4 ,
191.Xr hostname.if 5 ,
192.Xr ifconfig 8
193.Sh AUTHORS
194.An -nosplit
195The
196.Nm
197driver was written by
198.An Daan Vreeken
199and ported to
200.Ox
201by
202.An Theo de Raadt
203and
204.An David Gwynne .
205.Sh CAVEATS
206The
207.Nm
208driver does not support a lot of the functionality available in the hardware.
209More work is required to properly support the IBSS, power management,
210and selectable transmission rate features.
211