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+.\" Copyright (c) 2004-2006
+.\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
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+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd March 27, 2012
+.Dt IWN 4
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm iwn
+.Nd Intel IEEE 802.11n wireless network driver
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+To compile this driver into the kernel,
+include the following lines in your
+kernel configuration file:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+.Cd "device iwn"
+.Cd "device pci"
+.Cd "device wlan"
+.Cd "device firmware"
+.Ed
+.Pp
+You also need to select a firmware for your device.
+Choose one from:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+.Cd "device iwn4965fw"
+.Cd "device iwn1000fw"
+.Cd "device iwn5000fw"
+.Cd "device iwn5150fw"
+.Cd "device iwn6000fw"
+.Cd "device iwn6000g2afw"
+.Cd "device iwn6000g2bfw"
+.Cd "device iwn6050fw"
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Or you can use
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+.Cd "device iwnfw"
+.Ed
+.Pp
+to include them all.
+.Pp
+Alternatively, to load the driver as a
+module at boot time, place the following lines in
+.Xr loader.conf 5 :
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+if_iwn_load="YES"
+iwn4965fw_load="YES"
+iwn1000fw_load="YES"
+iwn5000fw_load="YES"
+iwn5150fw_load="YES"
+iwn6000fw_load="YES"
+iwn6000g2afw_load="YES"
+iwn6000g2bfw_load="YES"
+iwn6050fw_load="YES"
+.Ed
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+driver provides support for:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
+.It Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200
+.It Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
+.It Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230
+.It Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250
+.It Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
+.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 130
+.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000
+.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030
+.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150
+.It Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300
+.It Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965
+.It Intel WiFi Link 5100
+.It Intel WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150
+.It Intel WiMAX/WiFi Link 5350
+.El
+.Pp
+.Nm
+supports
+.Cm station ,
+.Cm adhoc ,
+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 .
+.Pp
+This driver requires the firmware built with the
+.Nm iwnfw
+module to work.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
+ netmask 0xffffff00
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Join a specific BSS network with network name
+.Dq Li my_net :
+.Pp
+.Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 ssid my_net up"
+.Pp
+Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 ssid my_net \e
+ wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \e
+ wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
+.Ed
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+.Bl -diag
+.It "iwn%d: device timeout"
+The driver will reset the hardware.
+This should not happen.
+.It "iwn%d: firmware error"
+The onboard microcontroller crashed for some reason.
+The driver will reset the hardware.
+This should not happen.
+.It "iwn%d: timeout waiting for firmware initialization to complete"
+The onboard microcontroller failed to initialize in time.
+This should not happen.
+.It "iwn%d: could not load firmware image '%s'"
+The driver failed to load the firmware image using the
+.Xr firmware 9
+subsystem.
+Verify the
+.Xr iwnfw 4
+firmware module is present.
+.It "iwn%d: could not load boot firmware"
+An attempt to upload the boot firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
+failed.
+This should not happen.
+.It "iwn%d: could not load microcode"
+An attempt to upload the microcode image to the onboard microcontroller failed.
+This should not happen.
+.It "iwn%d: could not load main firmware"
+An attempt to upload the main firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
+failed.
+This should not happen.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr iwnfw 4 ,
+.Xr pci 4 ,
+.Xr wlan 4 ,
+.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
+.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
+.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
+.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
+.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
+.Sh AUTHORS
+The original
+.Nm
+driver was written by
+.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien.bergamini@free.fr