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Wireless Network Driver for Realtek 8180 802.11b Chipset (rtw)

The current version is 0.1

This driver is based on the source code from NetBSD, and is provided under the same BSD-type License.

Links

• SUNWrtwl package
• Source code

Requirements

Before downloading the source or installing the binaries, please make sure that your system meets the following requirements:

• WiFi card based on Realtek 8180 (802.11b only) chipset. The following list includes cards that should work with this driver. Note that the Solaris WiFi team haven't tested the driver on all of these cards (except Linksys WPC11v4).

Card	Interface
Acer Aspire 1357 LMi	Mini PCI
Belkin F5D6001 V3	PCI
Belkin F5D6020 V3	CardBus
Buffalo WLI-CB-B11	CardBus
Corega CG-WLCB11V3	CardBus
D-Link DWL-510	PCI
D-Link DWL-520 rev D	PCI
D-Link DWL-610	CardBus
Encore ENLWI-PCI1-NT	PCI
Gigabyte GN-WLMR101	PCI
Level-One WPC-0101	CardBus
Linksys WPC11 v4	CardBus
Netgear MA521	CardBus
Ovislink AirLive WL-1120PCM	CardBus
Planet WL-3553	CardBus
TrendNET TEW-266PC	CardBus
TrendNET TEW-288PI	PCI
VCTnet PC-11B1	CardBus

• Solaris 10 or Solaris Nevada build

How to use

The easiest way to install the driver is from pre-compiled binary package:

# wget http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/downloads/rtw-0.1-pkg.tar.gz
# gzip -dc rtw-0.1-pkg.tar.gz | tar xvf -
# cd rtw-0.1; pkgadd -d . SUNWrtwl

You should be able to plumb the interface right after installing this package without having to reboot first:

# ifconfig rtw0 plumb

If plumbing failed, your card may be not supported or just not getting properly identified by the Solaris kernel. Send us a note and we'll try to help.

If you don't use WEP and want to connect to whatever WLAN available, then all that's left to do is starting dhcp:

# ifconfig rtw0 dhcp

If your WLAN requires WEP authorization, then you need to download and install the wificonfig utility (v0.2). After that, you'll need to create new profile for your WLAN with the following commands:

# wificonfig -i rtw0 createprofile essid=ssid encryption=wep wepkey1=wepkey
# wificonfig -i rtw0 connect ssid
# ifconfig rtw0 dhcp

Go to wificonfig web page for more details.

Notes

This is work in progress. Please send your questions and comments laptop-discuss@opensolaris.org discussion forum.