From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 30 00:12:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1824106564A for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:12:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dhorn2000@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.156]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36CC78FC08 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:12:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so236055fgg.13 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:12:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=wm29ev8E3z0YfCxfHiH/OTmuasYAUp8jr+TQptMxkkA=; b=HzAI3WITEjkf6k1ik/RCiEBsK/+CpLja7DG6Utt6BFIn1id7bdZghDoDpgXi6Am7vv 4atrUrpM1wbjwOjP8XabxH8oBp2oYyEGJP/Kd9BbAXFh696v+wzdUxIJRVCzMoI2ydkN awrxIfCH5Ji5p8Ab+ftUrAtUjFLgxnGiiDG9E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=I7h48yfJBRr1mteXgdLAB6yPn6hu8X8y7hnhXG8UH18mB9On6KGivVCs7a5QcTvOie Q8KoEmvspbd246y3tXzVf4hDRsJc24oax/skvVEgt8al0CWQnAf9kuL/Qc3XKYIswE79 knR9bIF3f9wMGFkDeBb15DOd1lsXnIkFl/7hg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.86.214.12 with SMTP id m12mr536162fgg.55.1251589764498; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:49:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:49:24 -0400 Message-ID: <25ff90d60908291649x41c020f7tae404c245c4204de@mail.gmail.com> From: David Horn To: Michael Ekstrand Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.0-BETA3: Cannot use iwn on Thinkpad R61 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:12:21 -0000 On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Michael Ekstrand 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