Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:49:24 -0400 From: David Horn <dhorn2000@gmail.com> To: Michael Ekstrand <michael@elehack.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.0-BETA3: Cannot use iwn on Thinkpad R61 Message-ID: <25ff90d60908291649x41c020f7tae404c245c4204de@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <h7bpo3$jep$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <h7bpo3$jep$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Michael Ekstrand<michael@elehack.net> wrot= e: > I was trying today to get 8.0-BETA3 amd64 usable on my laptop (Thinkpad > R61, Intel 4965 wireless chipset) and so far have had no success. =A0iwnf= w > and if_iwn load without errors, but when I do > > # ifconfig iwn0 list caps > You can't use the iwn0 interface directly. Starting with 8.0, there is a new virtual interface (wlanX) that must be created for each 80.11 (wi-fi) interface that you wish to use. (aka vap or multi-bss) `ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0` will create the interface (wlan0 or wlan1, etc.), then you can do things like `ifconfig wlan0 scan`, or `ifconfig wlan0 list caps` If you want this done for you automatically at system boot, add the following lines to your /etc/rc.conf file: wlans_iwn0=3D"wlan0" ifconfig_wlan0=3D"DHCP WPA" You then just need to set your SSID and authentication data (ssid/wpa/psk, etc in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf) man iwn man wlan man rc.conf man wpa_supplicant.conf > it fails with "invalid argument." =A0Similarly, wpa_supplicant cannot > initialize the interface (again reporting invalid argument). =A0`ifconfig > iwn0 up scan` also fails, complaining that it cannot get the scan results > > > Any suggestions? See also /usr/src/UPDATING entry from 20080420 and search the freebsd-current archives for iwn for other discussion points. > > - Michael > > Good Luck. --Dave
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