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17.Dd $Mdocdate: March 29 2019 $
18.Dt RSU 4
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm rsu
22.Nd Realtek RTL8188SU/RTL8192SU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless network device
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Cd "rsu* at uhub? port ?"
25.Sh DESCRIPTION
26The
27.Nm
28driver supports USB 2.0 wireless network devices based on Realtek
29RTL8188SU, RTL8191SU and RTL8192SU chipsets.
30.Pp
31The RTL8188SU is a highly integrated 802.11n adapter that combines
32a MAC, a 1T1R capable baseband and an RF in a single chip.
33It operates in the 2GHz spectrum only.
34.Pp
35The RTL8191SU is a highly integrated multiple-in, single-out (MISO)
36802.11n adapter that combines a MAC, a 1T2R capable baseband and an
37RF in a single chip.
38It operates in the 2GHz spectrum only.
39.Pp
40The RTL8192SU is a highly integrated multiple-in, multiple-out (MIMO)
41802.11n adapter that combines a MAC, a 2T2R capable baseband and an
42RF in a single chip.
43It operates in the 2GHz spectrum only.
44.Pp
45These are the modes the
46.Nm
47driver can operate in:
48.Bl -tag -width "IBSS-masterXX"
49.It BSS mode
50Also known as
51.Em infrastructure
52mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through
53which all traffic passes.
54This mode is the default.
55.El
56.Pp
57The
58.Nm
59driver can be configured to use
60Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or
61Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK).
62WPA is the current encryption standard for wireless networks.
63It is strongly recommended that WEP
64not be used as the sole mechanism
65to secure wireless communication,
66due to serious weaknesses in it.
67.Pp
68The
69.Nm
70driver can be configured at runtime with
71.Xr ifconfig 8
72or on boot with
73.Xr hostname.if 5 .
74.Sh FILES
75The driver needs at least version 1.1 of the following firmware file,
76which is loaded when an interface is attached:
77.Pp
78.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
79.It Pa /etc/firmware/rsu-rtl8712fw
80.El
81.Pp
82A prepackaged version of the firmware can be installed using
83.Xr fw_update 1 .
84.Sh HARDWARE
85The following adapters should work:
86.Pp
87.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
88.It ASUS USB-N10
89.It ASUS WL-167G V3
90.It Belkin F7D1101 v1
91.It D-Link DWA-131 A1
92.It Hercules HWGUn-54
93.It Hercules HWNUm-300
94.It Planex GW-USNano
95.It Sitecom WL-349 v1
96.It Sitecom WL-353
97.It Sweex LW154
98.It TRENDnet TEW-648UB
99.It TRENDnet TEW-649UB
100.El
101.Sh EXAMPLES
102The following example scans for available networks:
103.Pp
104.Dl # ifconfig rsu0 scan
105.Pp
106The following
107.Xr hostname.if 5
108example configures rsu0 to join network
109.Dq mynwid ,
110using WPA key
111.Dq mywpakey ,
112obtaining an IP address using DHCP:
113.Bd -literal -offset indent
114nwid mynwid wpakey mywpakey
115dhcp
116.Ed
117.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
118.Bl -diag
119.It "rsu0: error N, could not read firmware ..."
120For some reason, the driver was unable to read the microcode file from the
121filesystem.
122The file might be missing or corrupted.
123.It "rsu0: device timeout"
124A frame dispatched to the hardware for transmission did not complete in time.
125The driver will reset the hardware.
126This should not happen.
127.El
128.Sh SEE ALSO
129.Xr arp 4 ,
130.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
131.Xr intro 4 ,
132.Xr netintro 4 ,
133.Xr usb 4 ,
134.Xr hostname.if 5 ,
135.Xr ifconfig 8
136.Sh HISTORY
137The
138.Nm
139driver first appeared in
140.Ox 4.9 .
141.Sh AUTHORS
142The
143.Nm
144driver was written by
145.An Damien Bergamini Aq Mt damien.bergamini@free.fr .
146.Sh CAVEATS
147The
148.Nm
149driver does not support any of the 802.11n capabilities offered by the
150adapters.
151Additional work is required in
152.Xr ieee80211 9
153before those features can be supported.
154.Pp
155This driver does not support powersave mode.
156