uath — Atheros USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network device

       The uath driver was written by Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@FreeBSD.org> and Sam Leffler <sam@FreeBSD.org>.  It
       is distantly related to a driver written by Damien Bergamini <damien@openbsd.org>.

       Atheros proprietary 108 Mbps mode (aka Super AG mode) is not supported.

       Dual-band adapters are presently not working; to workaround, restriction operation to 2.4GHz channels.

Debian                                            April 7, 2009                                          UATH(4)

       The  uath  driver  supports  USB  2.0  wireless  network  devices  based  on Atheros Communications fifth
       generation AR5005UG and AR5005UX chipsets.

       The AR5005UG chipset is made of an AR5523 multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor and an AR2112  Radio-on-a-
       Chip that can operate between 2300 and 2500 MHz (802.11b/g).

       The  AR5005UX  chipset  is made of an AR5523 multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor and an AR5112 dual band
       Radio-on-a-Chip that can operate between 2300 and 2500 MHz (802.11b/g) or 4900 and 5850 MHz (802.11a).

       The AR5005UG and AR5005UX chipsets both have an integrated 32-bit MIPS R4000-class processor that runs  a
       firmware  and manages, among other things, the automatic control of the transmit rate and the calibration
       of the radio.

       uath supports station, and monitor mode operation.  Only one virtual interface may be configured  at  any
       time.  For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).

uath%d:couldnotsendcommand(error=%s)  An attempt to send a command to the firmware failed.

       uath%d:timeoutwaitingforcommandreply   A read command was sent to the firmware but the firmware
       failed to reply in time.

       uath%d:devicetimeout  A frame dispatched to the hardware for transmission did  not  complete  in  time.
       The driver will reset the hardware.  This should not happen.

       Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):

             ifconfig wlan create wlandev uath0 inet 192.168.0.20 \
                 netmask 0xffffff00

       Join a specific BSS network with network name “my_net”:

             ifconfigwlancreatewlandevuath0ssidmy_netup

       Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:

             ifconfig wlan create wlandev uath0 ssid my_net \
                     wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up

       Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:

             ifconfig wlan create wlandev uath0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \
                 wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1

uath  requires  firmware  that  is  downloaded  to  the device.  This is normally done by the uathload(8)
       utility that is launched by devd(8) when the device is inserted.  uathload includes the firmware  in  the
       binary program.  This firmware is licensed for general use and is included in the base system.

       The uath driver should work with the following adapters:

       AdapterChipsetCompexWLU108AG                      AR5005UX
       CompexWLU108G                       AR5005UG
       D-LinkDWL-G132                      AR5005UG
       IODATAWN-G54/US                     AR5005UG
       MELCOWLI-U2-KAMG54                  AR5005UX
       NetgearWG111T                       AR5005UG
       NetgearWG111U                       AR5005UX
       NetgearWPN111                       AR5005UG
       Olitec000544                        AR5005UG
       PLANETWDL-U357                      AR5005UX
       SiemensGigaset108                  AR5005UG
       SMCSMCWUSBT-G                       AR5005UG
       SMCSMCWUSBT-G2                      AR5005UG
       SparkLANWL-785A                     AR5005UX
       TP-LinkTL-WN620G                    AR5005UG
       TRENDwareInternationalTEW-444UB    AR5005UG
       TRENDwareInternationalTEW-504UB    AR5005UX
       UnexTechnologyUR054ag              AR5005UX
       ZyXELXtremeMIMOM-202               AR5005UX

       An up to date list can be found at http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts/default.asp.

       The uath driver first appeared in OpenBSD 4.0.

       uath — Atheros USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network device

netintro(4), usb(4), wlan(4), wlan_ccmp(4), wlan_tkip(4), wlan_wep(4), devd(8), ifconfig(8), uathload(8),
       wpa_supplicant(8)

       To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

             deviceehcideviceuhcideviceohcideviceusbdeviceuathdevicewlan

       Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

             if_uath_load="YES"