From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 24 20:59:48 2010 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 404EF1065672 for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:59:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C7928FC0C for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:59:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-99-21.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.99.21] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O5mOo-0000bP-D8 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:56:27 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:00:29 -0700 Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:00:29 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20100424210029.GA6139@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20100424203946.GA1542@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100424203946.GA1542@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: Wireless networking question 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, 24 Apr 2010 20:59:48 -0000 On Apr 24 2010 13:39, Chip Camden wrote: > A new notebook (ASUS K72F) has integrated wireles networking. The technical > specifications are sadly lacking, so I don't know what chipset. The > wired ethernet appears to use uath, but that's not working as a wlandev. > Since most everything else is Intel, I figured it could be an Intel > chipset, and since it supports 802.11n, I think its probably in the > 6000 series. I tried all the Intel drivers that are listed here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_wireless_drivers#FreeBSD > > And none of them appeared to work. Looking a little further down, it > seems that the Intel 6000 is supported by iwn on OpenBSD, but not on > FreeBSD. But I could be barking up the entirely wrong tree. > > Can anyone shed some light here? Is there any way to query the hardware, > short of opening the box (which will void the warranty)? > > TIA > > -- > Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" More info: I found the following in the output of pciconf -vl: none3@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x10891a3b chip=0x002b168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' class = network alc0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x18201043 chip=0x10631969 rev=0xc0 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Attansic (Now owned by Atheros)' class = network subclass = ethernet Looks like the first entry show here is my wireless (guessing), because alc0 is my wired. Any ideas from that what driver I should be using? I've tried 'ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0', as well as ath1..9 and uath0..9, and I always get: ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Device not configured -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com