NAME
wlan_wep —
WEP crypto support for 802.11
devices
SYNOPSIS
device wlan_wep
DESCRIPTION
Thewlan_wep 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
wlan_wep 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 wlan_wep
module will do the work.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
More information can be found in the IEEE 802.11 Standard.
HISTORY
The wlan_wep driver first appeared in
FreeBSD 6.0.