From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Sun Apr 1 15:46:34 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 626D8F594FF for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2018 15:46:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x243.google.com (mail-wm0-x243.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::243]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B8ACB71CDF for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2018 15:46:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x243.google.com with SMTP id r82so23523729wme.0 for ; Sun, 01 Apr 2018 08:46:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=DusS/Bn72l83xuXrQiNd4qYLb/QUBVtgFTUZ6stUl2g=; b=hMMWeIYi3DOyL43QR/n7fPn2KlVLqaqJY9Sp/QDA80GmhYJtq4m7296/jua1HuN4PS sM9vPa+PpM9ai3LYd7Z9drvUMGFcZSUAf1+deT7iARujL4pKSb4DVXpSqiB2etwk2JO4 tOSDqYoKSC2BCMTJfSxZx6vKnvehURu6MXf33GGncwc77J2lzuOSRXTQNQ9YoHkpQs9f +8H1aaeR1ZqRZLjwCAwgZQSl43NQ/asMB6TWeKHJ7h3t1r4TdQ0QY+tcy/K5OyeHFQgt 4hhUo3yUJYh+0rLivhO3zUIosTq87HC/SeY0Q5BDCQdICCf2xCMutkJvzLsSbhZtERHV ndiw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=DusS/Bn72l83xuXrQiNd4qYLb/QUBVtgFTUZ6stUl2g=; b=r8rJl+73I73NVHUVtCZ2nBspKgjUkho0s0r85k4dslsuRAPgXXux9EbTV0LIaQ+5Sy BaUh4gGebDtXTfuVeVbAbc/3K8dmMzzlBmJ5VTPmYxfXmNOMdORPm358cZ08O/YwtfFI CvZEt3pIeqzVWSXbdEwRQ6h7tp4R1e1qTADKX3Z6s4zpeYShTCauFVJZs2LBTQXgzLfN pBg0FWQkmH69FjWxm/uonPWqPvRHo5ts4pHZMUeP/CSeWC3oYI7J4G0OdK3WeN3+7Vk4 6l6/nSlQyPKCf1c/UFU3b/vE+/Wy9O18cdW5MnMIXF14WjIZWa3HgdQoOoBcCOarMJrC n6mA== X-Gm-Message-State: AElRT7EEiEJx9uzq/SGdfoLcZc9ZH7R1/5PGcmx1HCwnNywV4nIpsQAL cR1Eu8deeuRVyxGwIMXWkxzsuCjoBHf+zEmrE3nxMw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx4+SxEWY7pWUuGatfm9uFkapXu4vhZ0X060ahmq8xGU75fu/WbcjaiFShZSTD6jKOlFNHMz81c4OtwNyYAuNR3E= X-Received: by 10.28.143.199 with SMTP id r190mr776181wmd.132.1522597592642; Sun, 01 Apr 2018 08:46:32 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.28.14.202 with HTTP; Sun, 1 Apr 2018 08:46:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Adrian Chadd Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2018 08:46:31 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: WiFi Debugging Tool for BSD To: Alex Andrews Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2018 15:46:34 -0000 hi! Just do ifconfig wlan0 up - then wait; it'll do scan itself. then "ifconfig wlan0 list scan" -a On 1 April 2018 at 05:24, Alex Andrews wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry, I got your contact details from the FreeBSD Wiki page for WiFi ide= as. I am a newbie to FreeBSD (plenty of Windows experience, and a little L= inux experience) but I just can't get the wifi working on my MSI X-610 lapt= op under FreeBSD 11.1. I have followed all of the instructions and asked f= or help on the forum, but "ifconfig wlan0 up scan" just produces no output = even though I know there are about a dozen wifi access points in range. I = suspect it is a problem with the driver, but I'm not sure how to verify tha= t. What would be really useful is a simple wifi debugging tool that could = run through all of the steps necessary to get a wifi card working (check th= e driver is loaded and working, check "syctl net.lan.devices", then check /= etc/rc.conf for the correct wlans_ and ifconfig_ entries, etc etc). I imag= ine this would be a fairly simple task for someone with the appropriate kno= wledge/skill set, and I am sure others would find it useful too. Any chanc= e this might be considere > d? > > Thanks very much, > > Alex > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"