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URTW(4)                 NetBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual                URTW(4)


NAME

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


SYNOPSIS

     urtw* at uhub? port ?


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 config-
     uring 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 USB


EXAMPLES

     ifconfig.if(5) example configures urtw0 to join whatever network is
     available on boot, using WEP key ``0x1deadbeef1'', channel 11, obtaining
     an IP address using DHCP:

           nwkey 0x1deadbeef1 chan 11
           dhcp

     Join an existing BSS network, ``my_net'':

           # ifconfig urtw0 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net


SEE ALSO

     arp(4), netintro(4), usb(4), ifconfig.if(5), wpa_supplicant.conf(5),
     ifconfig(8), wpa_supplicant(8) Realtek: http://www.realtek.com.tw


HISTORY

     The urtw device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0 and NetBSD 6.0.


AUTHORS

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

NetBSD 7.0                       July 31, 2013                      NetBSD 7.0