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From: Jeroen Hofstee <freebsd.questions@virtualhost.nl>
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Subject: Re: output of ifconfig list scan
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Paul B. Mahol wrote:
>> 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,
>>
>> 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.
>>     
>
> Whatever <session> means it is either not supported by NDIS or not implemented
> in ndisulator.
>   
Perhaps I should explain my question a bit better. The <session> is just 
mentioned as an example.
With the ndiswrapper the wifi is working proper and lists the available 
network (only mine shown), e.g.

SSID            BSSID              CHAN RATE   S:N     INT CAPS
DV201AM         00:13:d4:7a:16:b1    1   54M -51:-96  100 EP
....

The wificonfig tool _assumes_ the output of ifconfig would look like.
SSID            BSSID              CHAN RATE   S:N     INT CAPS
SSID<DV201AM>         00:13:d4:7a:16:b1    1   54M -51:-96  100 EP
....

My question is if there are wifi drivers which report the SSID like 
this, instead of reporting them
directly as in my case and if so how the output is formatted in that case.

Hope this clarifies my question a bit.

Jeroen