wlan_wep (4)

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(The comments found at the beginning of the groff file "man4/wlan_wep.4freebsd".)

NAME

wlan_wep - WEP crypto support for 802.11 devices

SYNOPSIS

device wlan_wep

DESCRIPTION

The module handles the WEP cryptographic requirements of the 802.11 protocol. It does encapsulation and decapsulation of WEP-encoded 802.11 frames and optionally calculates the WEP cipher. The module is an 802.11 cryptographic plugin module for use by the wlan(4) module. This module is automatically loaded if a WEP key is configured with ifconfig(8). Should the underlying network device not be capable of doing the WEP calculations in hardware, the module will do the work.

SEE ALSO

wlan(4), wlan_ccmp4, wlan_tkip4

STANDARDS

More information can be found in the IEEE 802.11 Standard.

HISTORY

The driver first appeared in Fx 6.0 .