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Date:      Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:36:17 -0400
From:      Gregory T Helton <gt@fallendusk.org>
To:        Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ndis driver - freeze on scan
Message-ID:  <20090824113617.GA12964@fallendusk.org>
In-Reply-To: <4A8989EC.4060709@gmail.com>
References:  <4A8989EC.4060709@gmail.com>

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On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 04:48:44PM +0000, Eitan Adler wrote:
> I created an ndis driver for my wireless card and kldloaded it.
> When I try
> ifconfig ndis0 up scan
> my computer just freezes and it does not find any of the 100
> (exaggeration) APs around.
> 
> This is a broadcom wireless card.
> 
> -- 
> Eitan Adler
> "Security is increased by designing for the way humans actually behave."
> -Jakob Nielsen
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What version of FreeBSD is this? If it's 8.x, you have to scan with the wlan0 device.
I've seen lots of weird and nasty things happen when trying to manipulate the actual
ndis0 device under 8.

ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ndis0
ifconfig wlan0 up scan

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