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19.Dd November 26, 2006
20.Os
21.Dt RUM 4
22.Sh NAME
23.Nm rum
24.Nd "Ralink Technology RT2501USB/RT2601USB IEEE 802.11 driver"
25.Sh SYNOPSIS
26To compile this driver into the kernel,
27place the following lines in your
28kernel configuration file:
29.Bd -ragged -offset indent
30.Cd "device ehci"
31.Cd "device uhci"
32.Cd "device ohci"
33.Cd "device usb"
34.Cd "device rum"
35.Cd "device wlan"
36.Cd "device wlan_ratectl_onoe"
37.Ed
38.Pp
39Alternatively, to load the driver as a
40module at boot time, place the following line in
41.Xr loader.conf 5 :
42.Bd -literal -offset indent
43if_rum_load="YES"
44.Ed
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm
48driver supports USB 2.0 wireless adapters based on the Ralink RT2501USB
49and RT2601USB chipsets.
50.Pp
51The RT2501USB chipset is the second generation of 802.11a/b/g adapters
52from Ralink.
53It consists of two integrated chips,
54an RT2571W MAC/BBP and an RT2528 or RT5226 radio transceiver.
55.Pp
56The RT2601USB chipset consists of two integrated chips,
57an RT2671 MAC/BBP and an RT2527 or RT5225 radio transceiver.
58This chipset uses the MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) technology with
59multiple antennas to extend the operating range of the adapter and to achieve
60higher throughput.
61MIMO is the basis of the forthcoming IEEE 802.11n standard.
62.Sh HARDWARE
63The
64.Nm
65driver supports the following adapters:
66.Pp
67.Bl -bullet -compact
68.It
69Airlink101 AWLL5025
70.It
71ASUS WL-167g ver 2
72.It
73Belkin F5D7050 ver 3
74.It
75Belkin F5D9050 ver 3
76.It
77CNet CWD-854 ver F
78.It
79Conceptronic C54RU ver 2
80.It
81D-Link DWL-G122 rev C1
82.It
83D-Link WUA-1340
84.It
85Edimax EW-7318USG
86.It
87Gigabyte GN-WB01GS
88.It
89Hawking HWUG1
90.It
91Linksys WUSB54G rev C
92.It
93Planex GW-USMM
94.It
95Senao NUB-3701
96.It
97Sitecom WL-113 ver 2
98.It
99Sitecom WL-172
100.It
101Sweex LW053
102.It
103TP-LINK TL-WN321G
104.El
105.Sh EXAMPLES
106Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
107.Pp
108.Dl "ifconfig rum0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00"
109.Pp
110Join a specific BSS network with network name
111.Dq Li my_net :
112.Pp
113.Dl "ifconfig rum0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net"
114.Pp
115Join a specific BSS network with 40-bit WEP encryption:
116.Bd -literal -offset indent
117ifconfig rum0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
118    wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1
119.Ed
120.Pp
121Join a specific BSS network with 104-bit WEP encryption:
122.Bd -literal -offset indent
123ifconfig rum0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
124    wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
125.Ed
126.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
127.Bl -diag
128.It "rum%d: could not load 8051 microcode"
129An error occurred while attempting to upload the microcode to the onboard 8051
130microcontroller unit.
131.It "rum%d: device timeout"
132The driver will reset the hardware.
133This should not happen.
134.El
135.Sh SEE ALSO
136.Xr arp 4 ,
137.Xr netintro 4 ,
138.Xr usb 4 ,
139.Xr wlan 4 ,
140.Xr ifconfig 8
141.Rs
142.%T "Ralink Technology"
143.%O http://www.ralinktech.com/
144.Re
145.Sh HISTORY
146The
147.Nm
148driver first appeared in
149.Ox 4.0 .
150.Sh CAVEATS
151The
152.Nm
153driver supports automatic adaptation of the transmit speed in IBSS
154and HostAP operating modes,
155but it does not work well if there are more than one peer node.
156.Sh AUTHORS
157.An -nosplit
158The
159.Nm
160driver was written by
161.An Niall O'Higgins Aq niallo@openbsd.org
162and
163.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien@openbsd.org .
164