From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 28 23:26:38 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D1B2106564A for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:26:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paulbeard@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f45.google.com (mail-pz0-f45.google.com [209.85.210.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D5A78FC1A for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:26:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk33 with SMTP id 33so17310089pzk.18 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:26:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:mime-version:content-type:subject:date:in-reply-to:cc :references:message-id:x-mailer; bh=edu0aYvu46R749V/uOSq2HxdYYcWSE+UAx6c9oXZRm0=; b=SgDK01Xj3uoKkkCwTpvDRDRqkQ2+ozZsxyGzxd72M7zdcYVB6fYqBDFOEbGidOb2Qs AIn4c/c+W4/r0SSZdpNFMcW154J2Oj6zAcYCH3XuhrcO7iTle41+iyxRGNlG4+u62dLM QoSiEpV8FdzsaPG3hml4GUOaROMZlhj6p8xCM= Received: by 10.142.232.15 with SMTP id e15mr138704wfh.74.1314573996957; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:26:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ivoire.paulbeard.org (c-76-121-105-198.hsd1.wa.comcast.net. [76.121.105.198]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x6sm15562372pba.5.2011.08.28.16.26.34 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:26:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Beard Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1244.3) Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:26:33 -0700 In-Reply-To: Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" References: <51754C95-3688-4B33-BD98-7DED5F28DC0E@gmail.com> <4E59BA7F.305@cyberleo.net> <4E5A4AEF.7050104@cyberleo.net> <6A3818F5-BF6D-4FEA-9B07-44E9C0F72438@gmail.com> Message-Id: <877ECE65-355E-4D06-BEB0-088DC56C84A1@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1244.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: wireless access point in FreeBSD 8.2p2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:26:38 -0000 On Aug 28, 2011, at 3:17 PM, Warren Block wrote: > In 8.x, a virtual wlan0 device is created to speak to the actual = device, ath0 in this case. It's normal. =20 Maybe I'm just confused by normality. I guess what would help in the = Handbook, if nowhere else, is the *full* output of ifconfig(8) for = purposes of comparison and elucidation. I see it called with just one = interface but unless you're on the console, it's likely you're adding = the wlan interface to an existing wired interface. And at the risk of = stating the obvious, there has to be a wired interface for it to = actually work as an access point, no?=20 -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem?=20