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Realtek RTL8187B/L USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device.
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October 17, 2009
URTW(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual URTW(4)
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NAME
urtw — Realtek RTL8187B/L USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network deviceSYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configura‐ tion file: device ehci device uhci device ohci device usb device urtw device wlan 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 config‐ ured 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: Card Radio Bus Belkin F5D7050E RTL8225 USB Linksys WUSB54GCv2 RTL8225 USB Netgear WG111v2 RTL8225 USB Netgear WG111v3 RTL8225 USB Safehome WLG-1500SMA5 RTL8225 USB Shuttle XPC Accessory PN20 RTL8225 USB Sitecom WL168v1 RTL8225 USB Sitecom WL168v4 RTL8225 USB SureCom EP-9001-g(2A) RTL8225 USB TRENDnet TEW-424UB V3.xR RTL8225 USBEXAMPLES
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”: ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 ssid my_net up Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption: ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 ssid my_net \ wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 upSEE 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 <
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refer to | ifconfig(8) | intro(4) | netintro(4freebsd) | urtw(4freebsd) | usb(4freebsd) | wlan(4freebsd) | wlan_ccmp(4freebsd) | wlan_tkip(4freebsd) | wlan_wep(4freebsd) | wpa_supplicant(8) |