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.Dd July 31, 2013
.Dt URTW 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm urtw
.Nd Realtek RTL8187B/L USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "urtw* at uhub? port ?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver supports USB 802.11b/g wireless adapters based on the
Realtek RTL8187B/L.
.Pp
.Nm
supports
.Cm station
and
.Cm monitor
mode operation.
Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
For more information on configuring this device, see
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
driver supports Realtek RTL8187B/L based wireless network devices, including:
.Pp
.Bl -column "Shuttle XPC Accessory PN20" "RTL8225" "USB" -compact -offset 6n
.It Em "Card Radio Bus"
.It "Belkin F5D7050E RTL8225 USB"
.It "Linksys WUSB54GCv2 RTL8225 USB"
.It "Netgear WG111v2 RTL8225 USB"
.It "Netgear WG111v3 RTL8225 USB"
.It "Safehome WLG-1500SMA5 RTL8225 USB"
.It "Shuttle XPC Accessory PN20 RTL8225 USB"
.It "Sitecom WL168v1 RTL8225 USB"
.It "Sitecom WL168v4 RTL8225 USB"
.It "SureCom EP-9001-g(2A) RTL8225 USB"
.It "TRENDnet TEW-424UB V3.xR RTL8225 USB"
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Xr ifconfig.if 5
example configures urtw0 to join whatever network is available on boot,
using WEP key
.Dq 0x1deadbeef1 ,
channel 11, obtaining an IP address using DHCP:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
nwkey 0x1deadbeef1 chan 11
dhcp
.Ed
.Pp
Join an existing BSS network,
.Dq my_net :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# ifconfig urtw0 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr arp 4 ,
.Xr netintro 4 ,
.Xr usb 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig.if 5 ,
.Xr wpa_supplicant.conf 5 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
.Lk http://www.realtek.com.tw Realtek
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
.Fx 8.0
and
.Nx 6.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Weongyo Jeong
.Aq weongyo@FreeBSD.org .