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NAME

wpi - Intel Pro Wireless 802.11a/b/g 3945 driver

DESCRIPTION

The wpi 802.11b/g wireless NIC driver is a multi-threaded, loadable,
clonable, GLDv3-based STREAMS driver supporting the Intel Pro
Wireless 3945ABG chipset-based NIC's.

CONFIGURATION

The wpi 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.

FILES

/dev/wpi

Special character device.


/kernel/drv/wpi

32-bit ELF kernel module (x86).


/kernel/drv/amd64/wpi

64-bit ELF kernel module (x86).

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Architecture | x86 |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Committed |
+--------------------+-----------------+

SEE ALSO

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


802.11 -- Wireless LAN Media Access Control and Physical Layer
Specification -- IEEE, 2001

April 23, 2007 WPI(4D)