The
driver provides support for the
Intel
PRO/Wireless 2100 MiniPCI network adapter.
By default, the
driver configures the adapter for BSS operation (aka infrastructure mode).
This mode requires the use of an access point.
For more information on configuring this device, see
ifconfig(8).
This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work.
For the loaded firmware to work the license at
/usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/LICENSE
must be agreed to and the following line be added to
loader.conf5:
"legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1"
FILES
/usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/LICENSE
firmware license
EXAMPLES
Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
The driver will reset the hardware.
This should not happen.
"ipw%d: firmware error"
The onboard microcontroller crashes for some reason.
The driver will reset the hardware.
This should not happen.
"ipw%d: timeout waiting for firmware initialization to complete"
The onboard microcontroller failed to initialize in time.
This should not happen.
"ipw%d: could not load firmware image '%s'"
The driver failed to load the firmware image using the
firmware(9)
subsystem.
Verify that the necessary firmware modules are loaded and the
license agreement
loader(8)
tunable has been set.
"ipw%d: could not load microcode"
An attempt to upload the microcode image to the onboard microcontroller failed.
This should not happen.
"ipw%d: could not load firmware"
An attempt to upload the firmware image to the onboard microcontroller failed.
This should not happen.