URTW(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual URTW(4)NAME
urtw — Realtek RTL8187B/L USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your
kernel configuration file:
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
EXAMPLESifconfig.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
Configure urtw0 to join network “my_net” using WPA with passphrase
“my_passphrase”:
# ifconfig urtw0 nwid my_net wpakey my_passphrase
Join an existing BSS network, “my_net”:
# ifconfig urtw0 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net
SEE ALSOarp(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.
AUTHORS
The urtw driver was written by Weongyo Jeong ⟨weongyo@FreeBSD.org⟩.
BSD October 17, 2009 BSD