URTW(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual URTW(4)
NAME
urtw - Realtek RTL8187B/L USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
SYNOPSIS
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
configuring 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
ifconfig.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
Join an existing BSS network, "my_net":
# ifconfig urtw0 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net
SEE ALSO
arp(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 and NetBSD 6.0.
AUTHORS
The urtw driver was written by Weongyo Jeong <
[email protected]>.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 January 12, 2015 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8