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33.Dd $Mdocdate: October 24 2021 $
34.Dt ATU 4
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm atu
38.Nd Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b wireless network device
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Cd "atu* at uhub? port ?"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44driver provides support for wireless network adapters based around
45the Atmel AT76C503, AT76C503A, AT76C505, and AT76C505A USB chipsets and four
46companion radio chipsets.
47.Pp
48The
49.Nm
50driver encapsulates all IP and ARP traffic as 802.11 frames,
51though it can receive either 802.11 or 802.3 frames.
52.Pp
53These are the modes the
54.Nm
55driver can operate in:
56.Bl -tag -width "IBSS-masterXX"
57.It BSS mode
58Also known as
59.Em infrastructure
60mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through
61which all traffic passes.
62This mode is the default.
63.It IBSS mode
64Also known as
65.Em IEEE ad-hoc
66mode or
67.Em peer-to-peer
68mode.
69This is the standardized method of operating without an access point.
70Stations associate with a service set.
71However, actual connections between stations are peer-to-peer.
72.El
73.Pp
74The
75.Nm
76driver can be configured to use hardware
77Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP).
78It is strongly recommended that WEP
79not be used as the sole mechanism
80to secure wireless communication,
81due to serious weaknesses in it.
82.Pp
83The
84.Nm
85driver can be configured at runtime with
86.Xr ifconfig 8
87or on boot with
88.Xr hostname.if 5 .
89.Sh FILES
90The adapter needs some firmware files, which are loaded on demand by the
91driver when the device is attached:
92.Pp
93.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
94.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-at76c503-i3863-int
95.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-at76c503-i3863-ext
96.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-at76c503-rfmd-acc-int
97.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-at76c503-rfmd-acc-ext
98.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-at76c505-rfmd-int
99.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-at76c505-rfmd-ext
100.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-intersil-int
101.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-intersil-ext
102.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-rfmd-int
103.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-rfmd-ext
104.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-rfmd2958-int
105.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-rfmd2958-ext
106.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-rfmd2958smc-int
107.It Pa /etc/firmware/atu-rfmd2958smc-ext
108.El
109.Sh HARDWARE
110The following devices are known to be supported by the
111.Nm
112driver:
113.Pp
114.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
115.It Tn 3Com 3CRSHEW696
116.It Tn AboCom BWU613
117.It Tn Accton 2664W
118.It Tn Acer Peripherals AWL300
119.It Tn Acer Peripherals AWL400
120.It Tn Actiontec 802UAT1
121.It Tn Addtron AWU120
122.It Tn Aincomm AWU2000B
123.It Tn Askey Computer Voyager 1010
124.It Tn Askey Computer WLL013 (Intersil Radio)
125.It Tn Askey Computer WLL013 (RFMD Radio)
126.It Tn Atmel AT76C503 (Intersil Radio)
127.It Tn Atmel AT76C503 (RFMD Radio)
128.It Tn Atmel AT76C505 (RFMD Radio)
129.It Tn Atmel AT76C505 (RFMD 2958 Radio)
130.It Tn Atmel AT76C505A (RFMD 2958 Radio)
131.It Tn Atmel AT76C505AS (RFMD 2958 Radio)
132.It Tn Belkin F5D6050
133.It Tn Bluetake BW002
134.It Tn Compaq iPAQ h54xx/h55xx Internal WLAN
135.It Tn Conceptronic C11U
136.It Tn Conceptronic WL210
137.It Tn Corega WLAN USB Stick 11
138.It Tn Dick Smith Electronics CHUSB 611G
139.It Tn Dick Smith Electronics WL200U
140.It Tn Dick Smith Electronics WL240U
141.It Tn Dick Smith Electronics XH1153
142.It Tn D-Link DWL-120 rev E
143.It Tn Geowave GW-US11S
144.It Tn Gigabyte GN-WLBM101
145.It Tn Gigaset WLAN
146.It Tn Hewlett-Packard HN210W
147.It Tn Intel AP310 AnyPoint II
148.It Tn I/O DATA USB WN-B11
149.It Tn Lexar 2662W-AR
150.It Tn Linksys WUSB11 802.11b
151.It Tn Linksys WUSB11 802.11b v2.8
152.It Tn MSI WLAN
153.It Tn Netgear MA101
154.It Tn Netgear MA101 rev B
155.It Tn OQO model 01 WiFi
156.It Tn Ovislink AirLive WL-1120USB
157.It Tn OvisLink AirLive WL-1130USB
158.It Tn Planex Communications GW-US11S
159.It Tn Samsung SWL2100W
160.It Tn Siemens WLL013
161.It Tn SMC EZ Connect 11Mbps (SMC2662w)
162.It Tn SMC EZ Connect 11Mbps v2 (SMC2662wV2)
163.It Tn Tekram U-300C
164.It Tn TRENDnet TEW-229UB
165.It Tn W-Buddie WN210
166.It Tn Z-Com M4Y-750
167.El
168.Sh EXAMPLES
169The following example scans for available networks:
170.Pp
171.Dl # ifconfig atu0 scan
172.Pp
173The following
174.Xr hostname.if 5
175example configures atu0 to join network
176.Dq mynwid ,
177using WEP key
178.Dq mywepkey ,
179obtaining an IP address using DHCP:
180.Bd -literal -offset indent
181join mynwid nwkey mywepkey
182inet autoconf
183.Ed
184.Sh SEE ALSO
185.Xr arp 4 ,
186.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
187.Xr intro 4 ,
188.Xr netintro 4 ,
189.Xr usb 4 ,
190.Xr hostname.if 5 ,
191.Xr ifconfig 8
192.Sh AUTHORS
193.An -nosplit
194The
195.Nm
196driver was written by
197.An Daan Vreeken
198and ported to
199.Ox
200by
201.An Theo de Raadt
202and
203.An David Gwynne .
204.Sh CAVEATS
205The
206.Nm
207driver does not support a lot of the functionality available in the hardware.
208More work is required to properly support the IBSS, power management,
209and selectable transmission rate features.
210