IPW(4D) Devices IPW(4D)

NAME

ipw - Intel Pro. Wireless 802.11b IPW2100B driver

DESCRIPTION

The ipw 802.11b wireless NIC driver is a multi-threaded, loadable,
clonable, GLDv3-based STREAMS driver supporting the Data Link
Provider Interface, dlpi(4P), on Intel Pro Wireless 2100B chipset-
based wireless NIC's. Driver functions include controller
initialization, wireless 802.11b infrastructure network connection,
WEP, frame transmit and receive and promiscuous support.

DRIVER CONFIGURATION

The ipw 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.


The ipw driver supports only BSS networks (also known as "ap" or
"infrastructure" networks) and the "open" ("open-system") or "shared
system" authentication. Only WEP encryption is currently supported.
You perform configuration and administration tasks using the dladm(8)
and wificonfig(8) utilities.

FILES

/dev/ipw*
Special character device.


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


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

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for a description of the following attributes:


+---------------+-----------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-----------------+
|Architecture | x86 |
+---------------+-----------------+

SEE ALSO

gld(4D), dlpi(4P), attributes(7), dladm(8), wificonfig(8)


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


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

March 11, 2007 IPW(4D)