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28.Dd August 9, 2006
29.Os
30.Dt IWICTL 8
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm iwictl
33.Nd configure Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG network adapters
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Nm
36.Op Fl i
37.Ar iface
38.Nm
39.Op Fl i
40.Ar iface Fl r
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44utility controls the operation of Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG
45networking devices via the
46.Xr iwi 4
47driver.
48.Pp
49You should not use this program to configure IEEE 802.11 parameters.
50Use
51.Xr ifconfig 8
52instead.
53.Sh OPTIONS
54The options are as follows:
55.Bl -tag -width indent
56.It Fl i Ar iface
57Displays adapter's internal statistics.
58Firmware binary images can be found in the
59.Pa pkgsrc/sysutils/iwi-firmware
60package.
61.It Fl i Ar iface Fl r
62Displays the radio transmitter state (on or off).
63.El
64.Sh FILES
65The firmware is not shipped with
66.Nx .
67It can be obtained via installing the
68.Pa pkgsrc/sysutils/iwi-firmware
69package and is loaded automatically by the kernel once installed.
70.Sh SEE ALSO
71.Xr iwi 4 ,
72.Xr ifconfig 8
73.Pa pkgsrc/sysutils/iwi-firmware
74.Sh AUTHORS
75The
76.Nm
77utility and this man page were written by
78.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien.bergamini@free.fr .
79.Sh CAVEATS
80Monitor mode requires firmware version 1.0.4 (included in the
81.Pa pkgsrc/sysutils/iwi-firmware
82package version 2.3) or newer.
83