RUN(4) | Device Drivers Manual | RUN(4)

# NAME

`run` — Ralink Technology/MediaTek USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network device

# SYNOPSIS

`run* at uhub? port ?`

# DESCRIPTION

The `run` driver supports USB 2.0 wireless adapters based on the Ralink RT2700U, RT2800U, RT3000U and RT3900E chipsets.

The RT2700U chipset consists of two integrated chips, an RT2770 MAC/BBP and an RT2720 (1T2R) or RT2750 (dual-band 1T2R) radio transceiver.

The RT2800U chipset consists of two integrated chips, an RT2870 MAC/BBP and an RT2820 (2T3R) or RT2850 (dual-band 2T3R) radio transceiver.

The RT3000U is a single-chip solution based on an RT3070 MAC/BBP and an RT3020 (1T1R), RT3021 (1T2R), RT3022 (2T2R) or RT3052 (dual-band 2T2R) radio transceiver.

The RT3900E is a single-chip solution based on an RT3593, RT5390, RT5392 or an RT5592 MAC/BBP and an RT3053 (dual-band 3T3R), RT5370 (1T1R), RT5372 (2T2R), or RT5572 (dual-band 2T2R) radio transceiver.

These are the modes the `run` driver can operate in:

BSS mode
  Also known as infrastructure mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through which all traffic passes. This mode is the default.
monitor mode
  In this mode the driver is able to receive packets without associating with an access point. This disables the internal receive filter and enables the card to capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to, or to scan for access points.

The `run` driver can be configured to use Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA1 and WPA2). WPA2 is currently the most secure encryption standard for wireless networks supported by OpenBSD. It is strongly recommended that neither WEP nor WPA1 are used as the sole mechanism to secure wireless communication, due to serious weaknesses. WPA1 is disabled by default and may be enabled using the option "`wpaprotos` wpa1,wpa2". For standard WPA networks which use pre-shared keys (PSK), keys are configured using the "`wpakey`" option. WPA-Enterprise networks require use of the wpa_supplicant package. The `run` driver offloads both encryption and decryption of data frames to the hardware for the WEP40, WEP104, TKIP(+MIC) and CCMP ciphers.

The `run` driver can be configured at runtime with ifconfig(8) or on boot with hostname.if(5).

# FILES

The driver needs the following firmware files, which are loaded when an interface is brought up:

/etc/firmware/run-rt2870
/etc/firmware/run-rt3071

# HARDWARE

The following adapters should work:

Airlink101 AWLL6090
ASUS USB-N11
ASUS USB-N13 ver. A1
ASUS USB-N53
ASUS USB-N66
ASUS WL-160N
Belkin F5D8051 ver 3000
Belkin F5D8053
Belkin F5D8055
Belkin F6D4050 ver 1
Belkin F6D4050 ver 2
Belkin F7D1101 ver 2
Belkin F9L1103
Buffalo WLI-UC-AG300N
Buffalo WLI-UC-G300N
Buffalo WLI-UC-G301N
Buffalo WLI-UC-GN
Buffalo WLI-UC-GNHP
Buffalo WLI-UC-GNM
Buffalo WLI-UC-GNM2
Cisco AM10
Corega CG-WLUSB2GNL
Corega CG-WLUSB2GNR
Corega CG-WLUSB300AGN
Corega CG-WLUSB300GNM
D-Link DWA-125 rev B2
D-Link DWA-127
D-Link DWA-130 rev B1, F1
D-Link DWA-140 rev B1, B2, B3, D1
D-Link DWA-160 rev B2
D-Link DWA-162
DrayTek Vigor N61
Edimax EW-7711UAn
Edimax EW-7711USn
Edimax EW-7711UTn
Edimax EW-7717Un
Edimax EW-7718Un
Edimax EW-7722UTn
Edimax EW-7733UnD
Gigabyte GN-WB30N
Gigabyte GN-WB31N
Gigabyte GN-WB32L
Hawking HWDN1
Hawking HWUN1
Hawking HWUN2
Hercules HWNU-300
Keebox W150NU
Linksys AE1000
Linksys WUSB54GC v3
Linksys WUSB600N
LogiLink WL0084B
Logitec gLAN-W150NU2BK
Logitec LAN-W150N/U2
Logitec LAN-W300N/U2
Logitec LAN-W300N/U2S
Mvix Nubbin MS-811N
Planex GW-USMicroN
Planex GW-US300MiniS
Sitecom WL-182
Sitecom WL-188
Sitecom WL-301
Sitecom WL-302
Sitecom WL-315
Sitecom WLA-4000
Sitecom WLA-5000
SMC SMCWUSBS-N2
Sweex LW153
Sweex LW303
Sweex LW313
Tenda W311M
TP-LINK TL-WDN3200
TP-LINK TL-WN727N v3
TRENDnet TEW-645UB
Unex DNUR-81
Unex DNUR-82
ZyXEL NWD-211AN
ZyXEL NWD-271N
ZyXEL NWD2105
ZyXEL NWD210N
ZyXEL NWD2205
ZyXEL NWD270N
ZyXEL NWD2705

# EXAMPLES

The following example scans for available networks:

`# ifconfig run0 scan`

The following hostname.if(5) example configures run0 to join network “mynwid”, using WPA key “mywpakey”, obtaining an IP address using DHCP:

    join mynwid wpakey mywpakey
    inet autoconf

# DIAGNOSTICS

run0: error N, could not read firmware ...
  For some reason, the driver was unable to read the microcode file from the filesystem. The file might be missing or corrupted.
run0: could not load 8051 microcode
  An error occurred while attempting to upload the microcode to the onboard 8051 microcontroller unit.
run0: device timeout
  A frame dispatched to the hardware for transmission did not complete in time. The driver will reset the hardware. This should not happen.

# SEE ALSO

arp(4), ifmedia(4), intro(4), netintro(4), usb(4), hostname.if(5), ifconfig(8)

# HISTORY

The `run` driver first appeared in OpenBSD 4.5.

# AUTHORS

The `run` driver was written by Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>.

# CAVEATS

The `run` driver does not support any of the 802.11n capabilities offered by the RT2800 and RT3000 chipsets. Additional work is required in ieee80211(9) before those features can be supported.

March 27, 2025 | Debian