Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 03:04:17 +0200 From: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> To: Jeroen Hofstee <freebsd.questions@virtualhost.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: output of ifconfig list scan Message-ID: <3a142e750904301804v37951620jd435c0017cdad064@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49F9BF78.5000402@virtualhost.nl> References: <49F98BB9.3020806@virtualhost.nl> <3a142e750904300743l7a154749r3b97ecb82f4c4f33@mail.gmail.com> <49F9BF78.5000402@virtualhost.nl>
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On 4/30/09, Jeroen Hofstee <freebsd.questions@virtualhost.nl> wrote: > Paul B. Mahol wrote: >>> It appears that the tool assumes SSID are reported as >>> SSID<session>, which is not the case here. My list is similar as listed >>> in the handbook, >>> >>> Looking at ifconfig, it appears to me that the ieee80211 part queries >>> the kernel and prints the returned values. >>> I therefore assume that there are drivers, which report the session as >>> SSID<session> instead of session directly. >>> >> >> Whatever <session> means it is either not supported by NDIS or not >> implemented >> in ndisulator. >> > Perhaps I should explain my question a bit better. The <session> is just > mentioned as an example. > With the ndiswrapper the wifi is working proper and lists the available > network (only mine shown), e.g. > > SSID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS > DV201AM 00:13:d4:7a:16:b1 1 54M -51:-96 100 EP > .... > > The wificonfig tool _assumes_ the output of ifconfig would look like. > SSID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS > SSID<DV201AM> 00:13:d4:7a:16:b1 1 54M -51:-96 100 EP > .... > > My question is if there are wifi drivers which report the SSID like > this, instead of reporting them > directly as in my case and if so how the output is formatted in that case. This is first time I heard about this, and looks like wificonfig tool bug. -- Paul
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