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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:

	   device ehci
	   device uhci
	   device ohci
	   device usb
	   device urtw
	   device wlan

     Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
     following line in loader.conf(5):

	   if_urtw_load="YES"

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
     Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):

	   ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 inet 192.168.0.20 \
	       netmask 0xffffff00

     Join a specific BSS network with network name “my_net”:

	   ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 ssid my_net up

     Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:

	   ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 ssid my_net \
		   wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up

SEE ALSO
     intro(4), netintro(4), usb(4), wlan(4), wlan_ccmp(4), wlan_tkip(4),
     wlan_wep(4), 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
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