Devices                                                   iwi(7D)



NAME
     iwi   -   Intel   Pro.   Wireless   802.11a/b/g   IPW2200B/G
     IPW2915A/B/G Driver

DESCRIPTION
     The  iwi 802.11b/g  wireless NIC driver is a multi-threaded,
     loadable,  clonable,   GLDv3-based STREAMS driver supporting
     the Data Link Provider Interface,  dlpi(7P),  on  Intel  Pro
     Wireless 2200BG 2915ABG chipset-based wireless NIC's. Driver
     functions  include  controller    initialization,   wireless
     802.11b   infrastructure  network  connection, WEP and frame
     transmit and receive.

DRIVER CONFIGURATION
     The iwi driver performs auto-negotiation  to  determine  the
     data  rate and mode. Supported 802.11b  data rates are 1, 2,
     5.5 and 11 Mbits/sec. Supported 802.11g data rates are 1, 2,
     5.5, 11, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 and 54 Mbits/sec.


     The iwi driver supports only BS  networks  (also  known  as
     "ap"  or  "infrastructure"  networks)  and  "open"(or "open-
     system") or "shared system" authentication. Only WEP encryp-
     tion  is  currently supported. You perform configuration and
     administration tasks using the dladm(1M) and  wificonfig(1M)
     utilities.

FILES
     /dev/iwi*                Special character device.


     /kernel/drv/iwi          32-bit ELF kernel module (x86).


     /kernel/drv/amd64/iwi    64-bit ELF kernel module (x86).


ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for a description of the following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 x86                         
    


SEE ALSO




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Devices                                                   iwi(7D)



     dladm(1M), wificonfig(1M), attributes(5), gld(7D), dlpi(7P)


     ANSI/IE Std 802.11- Standard for Wireless LAN   Technology
     - 1999


     IE Std 802.11a- Standard for Wireless LAN  Technology-Rev.
     A- 2003


     IE  Std   802.11b   -   Standard    for    Wireless    LAN
     Technology-Rev. B - 2003


     IE Std 802.11g- Standard for   Wireless   LAN   Technology
     -Rev. G- 2003






































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