NAME¶

urtw — Realtek RTL8187B/L USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device

SYNOPSIS¶

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

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

if_urtw_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION¶

The urtw driver supports USB 802.11b/g wireless adapters based on the Realtek RTL8187B/L.

urtw 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).

HARDWARE¶

The urtw driver supports Realtek RTL8187B/L based wireless network devices, including:

EXAMPLES¶

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

ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 inet 192.168.0.20 \
    netmask 0xffffff00

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

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

ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 ssid my_net \
	wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up

SEE ALSO¶

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

Realtek, http://www.realtek.com.tw.

HISTORY¶

The urtw device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0.

AUTHORS¶

The urtw driver was written by Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@FreeBSD.org>.