From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 26 17:03:17 2009 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 098CE106566C for ; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:03:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B72268FC0C for ; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:03:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8QH3GFJ029382; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:03:16 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id n8QH3FBv029379; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:03:15 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:03:15 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Henry Olyer In-Reply-To: <1d7089c40909260634p459b7a7fs27a714527d20fdae@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <1d7089c40909221512i717a0a92kd5c7ab2428fa7cab@mail.gmail.com> <1d7089c40909260634p459b7a7fs27a714527d20fdae@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-902635197-1903010199-1253984584=:29318" Content-ID: X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.2 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:03:16 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: seeing a wireless router when building a 7.2 system 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: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:03:17 -0000 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: 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--