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Date:      Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:13:18 -0700
From:      Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org>
Cc:        jt <unk.nown@unix.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Rohit Tripathi <rohit.trip@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: [iwn driver] SIOCS80211 error on 4965AGN
Message-ID:  <20080814041318.GL45850@citylink.fud.org.nz>
In-Reply-To: <48A3AF18.7090708@freebsd.org>
References:  <33615c8e0808120840l5e6f47b9gaac8f672b5a1af04@mail.gmail.com> <OF5AD0AF9F.CD4322F4-ON852574A3.00570E50-852574A3.00572EF4@jpmchase.com> <9f8af95f0808121236s6c349a3aqb9a696b739ade50a@mail.gmail.com> <33615c8e0808130258h4947f8a2x9032ee8b591c1ae6@mail.gmail.com> <33615c8e0808132050s765a17acu4b4d63a5e3d133a7@mail.gmail.com> <48A3AF18.7090708@freebsd.org>

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On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 09:05:44PM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote:
> Rohit Tripathi wrote:
>>> Yes, I'm running current and have compiled both GENERIC for amd64 and
>>> a custom kernel with debugging disabled and iwn driver built in but
>>> neither worked. I have also followed instructions in both
>>> networking-wireless.html and the above entry.
>>> 
>>> Putting the line
>>> 
>>> wlans_iwn0=wlan0
>>> 
>>>     
>> 
>> I tried something else today....manually build and install iwn
>> firmware from sys/modules/iwn, checked that loader.conf has the line
>> legal.intel_iwn.license_ack=1, the device is recognized as iwn0 but I
>> tried to set both wlans_iwn0 and wlans_ath0 to wlan0, but still no
>> luck :( Can someone provide the actual command that is used to create
>> wlan0 alias?
>>   
> 
> ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0
> ifconfig iwn0 up
> dhclient iwn0

That shoud be... :)

ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0
ifconfig wlan0 up
dhclient wlan0



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