Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:03:15 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Henry Olyer <henry.olyer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: seeing a wireless router when building a 7.2 system Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909261045070.29318@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <1d7089c40909260634p459b7a7fs27a714527d20fdae@mail.gmail.com> References: <1d7089c40909221512i717a0a92kd5c7ab2428fa7cab@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909222307340.10934@wonkity.com> <1d7089c40909260634p459b7a7fs27a714527d20fdae@mail.gmail.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---902635197-1903010199-1253984584=:29318 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909261103131.29318@wonkity.com> On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Henry Olyer wrote: > I have read all about the WPA sub-system; I've also setup my /boot/loader.conf and /etc/rc.conf files, correctly. > Except one small detail... > > ifconfig ath0 up scan > > never returns. > > And when I do a: > > ifconfig ath0 > > It tells me I don't have a carrier. Let me repeat: > Then you need the entries in /etc/rc.conf > to create the wlan0 interface ... > wlans_ath0="wlan0" After /etc/rc.d/netif runs, that is equivalent to ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 Then use the wlan0 interface instead of ath0: ifconfig wlan0 up scan -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ---902635197-1903010199-1253984584=:29318--
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