urtw(4)
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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 10.99 January 12, 2015 NetBSD 10.99
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