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28.Dd August 30, 2014
29.Dt IWN 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm iwn
33.Nd Intel IEEE 802.11n wireless network driver
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35To compile this driver into the kernel,
36include the following lines in your
37kernel configuration file:
38.Bd -ragged -offset indent
39.Cd "device iwn"
40.Cd "device pci"
41.Cd "device wlan"
42.Cd "device firmware"
43.Ed
44.Pp
45You also need to select a firmware for your device.
46Choose one from:
47.Bd -ragged -offset indent
48.Cd "device iwn1000fw"
49.Cd "device iwn100fw"
50.Cd "device iwn105fw"
51.Cd "device iwn135fw"
52.Cd "device iwn2000fw"
53.Cd "device iwn2030fw"
54.Cd "device iwn4965fw"
55.Cd "device iwn5000fw"
56.Cd "device iwn5150fw"
57.Cd "device iwn6000fw"
58.Cd "device iwn6000g2afw"
59.Cd "device iwn6000g2bfw"
60.Cd "device iwn6050fw"
61.Ed
62.Pp
63Or you can use
64.Bd -ragged -offset indent
65.Cd "device iwnfw"
66.Ed
67.Pp
68to include them all.
69.Pp
70Alternatively, to load the driver as a
71module at boot time, place the following lines in
72.Xr loader.conf 5 :
73.Bd -literal -offset indent
74if_iwn_load="YES"
75iwn1000fw_load="YES"
76iwn100fw_load="YES"
77iwn105fw_load="YES"
78iwn135fw_load="YES"
79iwn2000fw_load="YES"
80iwn2030fw_load="YES"
81iwn4965fw_load="YES"
82iwn5000fw_load="YES"
83iwn5150fw_load="YES"
84iwn6000fw_load="YES"
85iwn6000g2afw_load="YES"
86iwn6000g2bfw_load="YES"
87iwn6050fw_load="YES"
88.Ed
89.Sh DESCRIPTION
90The
91.Nm
92driver provides support for:
93.Pp
94.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
95.It Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200
96.It Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
97.It Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230
98.It Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235
99.It Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250
100.It Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
101.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 100
102.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 105
103.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 130
104.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 135
105.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000
106.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030
107.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200
108.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230
109.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 4965
110.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 5100
111.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 6150
112.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 6200
113.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 6250
114.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 6250
115.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150
116.It Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300
117.It Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965
118.It Intel WiFi Link 5100
119.It Intel WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150
120.It Intel WiMAX/WiFi Link 5350
121.El
122.Pp
123.Nm
124supports
125.Cm station
126and
127.Cm monitor
128mode operation.
129Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
130For more information on configuring this device, see
131.Xr ifconfig 8 .
132.Pp
133This driver requires the firmware built with the
134.Nm iwnfw
135module to work.
136.Sh EXAMPLES
137Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
138.Bd -literal -offset indent
139ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
140    netmask 0xffffff00
141.Ed
142.Pp
143Join a specific BSS network with network name
144.Dq Li my_net :
145.Pp
146.Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 ssid my_net up"
147.Pp
148Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
149.Bd -literal -offset indent
150ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 ssid my_net \e
151	wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
152.Ed
153.Pp
154Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
155.Bd -literal -offset indent
156ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \e
157    wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
158.Ed
159.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
160.Bl -diag
161.It "iwn%d: device timeout"
162The driver will reset the hardware.
163This should not happen.
164.It "iwn%d: firmware error"
165The onboard microcontroller crashed for some reason.
166The driver will reset the hardware.
167This should not happen.
168.It "iwn%d: timeout waiting for firmware initialization to complete"
169The onboard microcontroller failed to initialize in time.
170This should not happen.
171.It "iwn%d: could not load firmware image '%s'"
172The driver failed to load the firmware image using the
173.Xr firmware 9
174subsystem.
175Verify the
176.Xr iwnfw 4
177firmware module is present.
178.It "iwn%d: could not load boot firmware"
179An attempt to upload the boot firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
180failed.
181This should not happen.
182.It "iwn%d: could not load microcode"
183An attempt to upload the microcode image to the onboard microcontroller failed.
184This should not happen.
185.It "iwn%d: could not load main firmware"
186An attempt to upload the main firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
187failed.
188This should not happen.
189.El
190.Sh SEE ALSO
191.Xr iwnfw 4 ,
192.Xr pci 4 ,
193.Xr wlan 4 ,
194.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
195.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
196.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
197.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
198.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
199.Sh AUTHORS
200The original
201.Nm
202driver was written by
203.An Damien Bergamini Aq Mt damien.bergamini@free.fr .
204