iwi — Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11 driver
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Description
The iwi driver provides support for Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG MiniPCI and 2225BG PCI network
adapters. iwi supports station, adhoc, and monitor mode operation. Only one virtual interface may be
configured at any time. For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).
This driver requires the firmware built with the iwifw module to work. For the loaded firmware to be
enabled for use the license at /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE must be agreed by adding the
following line to loader.conf(5):
legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1Diagnostics
iwi%d:devicetimeout The driver will reset the hardware. This should not happen.
iwi%d:firmwareerror The onboard microcontroller crashed for some reason. The driver will reset the
hardware. This should not happen.
iwi%d:timeoutwaitingforfirmwareinitializationtocomplete The onboard microcontroller failed to
initialize in time. This should not happen.
iwi%d:couldnotloadfirmwareimage'%s' The driver failed to load the firmware image using the
firmware(9) subsystem. Verify the iwifw(4) firmware module is installed and the license agreement
loader(8) tunable has been set.
iwi%d:couldnotloadbootfirmware An attempt to upload the boot firmware image to the onboard
microcontroller failed. This should not happen.
iwi%d:couldnotloadmicrocode An attempt to upload the microcode image to the onboard microcontroller
failed. This should not happen.
iwi%d:couldnotloadmainfirmware An attempt to upload the main firmware image to the onboard
microcontroller failed. This should not happen.
Examples
Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 \
netmask 0xffffff00
Join a specific BSS network with network name “my_net”:
ifconfigwlancreatewlandeviwi0ssidmy_netup
Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 ssid my_net \
wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \
wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
Files
/usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSEiwi firmware license
Name
iwi — Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11 driver
See Also
iwifw(4), pci(4), wlan(4), wlan_ccmp(4), wlan_tkip(4), wlan_wep(4), ifconfig(8), wpa_supplicant(8)
Synopsis
To compile this driver into the kernel, include the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
deviceiwideviceiwifwdevicepcidevicewlandevicefirmware
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
if_iwi_load="YES"
In both cases, place the following line in loader.conf(5) to acknowledge the firmware license (see
below):
legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1
