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PGT(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual PGT(4) NAME pgt - Conexant/Intersil Prism GT Full-MAC IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network device SYNOPSIS pgt* at cardbus? pgt* at pci? DESCRIPTION The pgt driver provides support for Conexant/Intersil GT-series devices which can support the Full-MAC firmware, using the ISL3877, ISL3880, and ISL3890 chips. The pgt driver will not (yet) work on similar devices using the ISL3886 or similar chips which use the Soft-MAC firmware. These are the modes the pgt driver can operate in: BSS mode Also known as infrastructure mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through which all traffic passes. This mode is the default. IBSS mode Also known as IEEE ad-hoc mode or peer-to-peer mode. This is the standardized method of operating without an access point. Stations associate with a service set. However, actual connections between stations are peer-to-peer. Host AP In this mode the driver acts as an access point (base station) for other cards. monitor mode In this mode the driver is able to receive packets without associating with an access point. This disables the internal receive filter and enables the card to capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to, or to scan for access points. The pgt driver can be configured to use hardware Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). It is strongly recommended that WEP not be used as the sole mechanism to secure wireless communication, due to serious weaknesses in it. In BSS mode, the driver supports powersave mode, which can be enabled via ifconfig(8). The pgt driver can be configured at runtime with ifconfig(8) or on boot with hostname.if(5). FILES The driver needs a set of firmware files which are loaded when an interface is brought up: /etc/firmware/pgt-isl3877 /etc/firmware/pgt-isl3890 These firmware files are not free because Conexant refuses to grant distribution rights. In fact they have rebuffed thousands of attempts to start a dialogue on this issue. As a result, even though OpenBSD includes the driver, the firmware files cannot be included and users have to download these files on their own. A prepackaged version of the firmware can be installed using fw_update(8). HARDWARE The following cards are among those supported by the pgt driver: Card Chip Bus 3COM 3CRWE154G72 ISL3880 CardBus D-Link DWL-g650 A1 ISL3890 PCI I-O Data WN-G54/CB ISL3890 PCI I4 Z-Com XG-600 ISL3890 PCI I4 Z-Com XG-900 ISL3890 PCI Intersil PRISM Indigo ISL3877 PCI Intersil PRISM Duette ISL3890 PCI NETGEAR WG511 (Taiwanese, not Chinese) ISL3890 CardBus PLANEX GW-DS54G ISL3890 PCI SMC EZ Connect g 2.4GHz SMC2802W ISL3890 PCI SMC EZ Connect g 2.4GHz SMC2835W-v2 ISL3890 CardBus SMC 2802Wv2 ISL3890 PCI Soyo Aerielink ISL3890 CardBus ZyXEL ZyAIR G-100 ISL3890 CardBus EXAMPLES The following example scans for available networks: # ifconfig pgt0 scan The following hostname.if(5) example configures pgt0 to join network "mynwid", using WEP key "mywepkey", obtaining an IP address using DHCP: nwid mynwid nwkey mywepkey inet autoconf The following hostname.if(5) example creates a host-based access point on boot: mediaopt hostap nwid mynwid nwkey mywepkey inet 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 SEE ALSO arp(4), cardbus(4), ifmedia(4), intro(4), netintro(4), pci(4), hostname.if(5), hostapd(8), ifconfig(8) HISTORY The pgt driver first appeared in OpenBSD 4.0. AUTHORS The pgt driver was originally written for FreeBSD by Brian Fundakowski, and then rewritten for OpenBSD by Marcus Glocker and Claudio Jeker. CAVEATS Host AP mode doesn't support power saving. Clients attempting to use power saving mode may experience significant packet loss (disabling power saving on the client will fix this). FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 January 5, 2022 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8