Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:30:01 +0200 From: Jeroen Hofstee <freebsd.questions@virtualhost.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: output of ifconfig list scan Message-ID: <49F98BB9.3020806@virtualhost.nl>
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Inspired by the long "modern installer" thread I had a look at PC-BSD. I am one of the "lucky" owners of a Broadcom, Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card and added the ndiswrapper to support it. I noticed that the PC-BSD tray icon could not scan the network for SSID, while ifconfig does return this list. It appears that the tool assumes SSID are reported as SSID<session>, which is not the case here. My list is similar as listed in the handbook, so I guess it is not directly related to the ndiswrapper. Looking at ifconfig, it appears to me that the ieee80211 part queries the kernel and prints the returned values. I therefore assume that there are drivers, which report the session as SSID<session> instead of session directly. Can someone confirm above is correct? If someone has a list with SSID<session> could I get a copy of it (e.g. directly to my e-mail) so I don't break other things while fixing mine. Jeroen
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