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UATH(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual UATH(4) NAME uath -- Atheros USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network driver 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 uath device wlan Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): if_uath_load="YES" DESCRIPTION The uath driver supports USB 2.0 wireless network devices based on Ath- eros Communications fifth generation AR5005UG and AR5005UX chipsets. The AR5005UG chipset is made of an AR5523 multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor and an AR2112 Radio-on-a-Chip that can operate between 2300 and 2500 MHz (802.11b/g). The AR5005UX chipset is made of an AR5523 multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor and an AR5112 dual band Radio-on-a-Chip that can operate be- tween 2300 and 2500 MHz (802.11b/g) or 4900 and 5850 MHz (802.11a). The AR5005UG and AR5005UX chipsets both have an integrated 32-bit MIPS R4000-class processor that runs a firmware and manages, among other things, the automatic control of the transmit rate and the calibration of the radio. uath supports station, and monitor mode operation. Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time. For more information on con- figuring this device, see ifconfig(8). FIRMWARE uath requires firmware that is downloaded to the device. This is nor- mally done by the uathload(8) utility that is launched by devd(8) when the device is inserted. uathload(8) includes the firmware in the bi- nary program. This firmware is licensed for general use and is in- cluded in the base system. HARDWARE The uath driver should work with the following adapters: Adapter Chipset Compex WLU108AG AR5005UX Compex WLU108G AR5005UG D-Link DWL-G132 AR5005UG IODATA WN-G54/US AR5005UG MELCO WLI-U2-KAMG54 AR5005UX Netgear WG111T AR5005UG Netgear WG111U AR5005UX Netgear WPN111 AR5005UG Olitec 000544 AR5005UG PLANET WDL-U357 AR5005UX Siemens Gigaset 108 AR5005UG SMC SMCWUSBT-G AR5005UG SMC SMCWUSBT-G2 AR5005UG SparkLAN WL-785A AR5005UX TP-Link TL-WN620G AR5005UG TRENDware International TEW-444UB AR5005UG TRENDware International TEW-504UB AR5005UX Unex Technology UR054ag AR5005UX ZyXEL XtremeMIMO M-202 AR5005UX EXAMPLES Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point): ifconfig wlan create wlandev uath0 inet 192.168.0.20 \ netmask 0xffffff00 Join a specific BSS network with network name "my_net": ifconfig wlan create wlandev uath0 ssid my_net up Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption: ifconfig wlan create wlandev uath0 ssid my_net \ wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption: ifconfig wlan create wlandev uath0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \ wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1 DIAGNOSTICS uath%d: could not send command (error=%s) An attempt to send a command to the firmware failed. uath%d: timeout waiting for command reply A read command was sent to the firmware but the firmware failed to reply in time. uath%d: device timeout A frame dispatched to the hardware for trans- mission did not complete in time. The driver will reset the hardware. This should not happen. SEE ALSO netintro(4), usb(4), wlan(4), wlan_ccmp(4), wlan_tkip(4), wlan_wep(4), devd(8), ifconfig(8), uathload(8), wpa_supplicant(8) HISTORY The uath driver first appeared in OpenBSD 4.0. AUTHORS The uath driver was written by Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@FreeBSD.org> and Sam Leffler <sam@FreeBSD.org>. It is distantly related to a driver written by Damien Bergamini <damien@openbsd.org>. CAVEATS Atheros proprietary 108 Mbps mode (aka Super AG mode) is not supported. Dual-band adapters are presently not working; to workaround, restric- tion operation to 2.4GHz channels. FreeBSD 14.3 April 7, 2009 UATH(4)
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