From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 11 04:33:08 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CB6A16A420 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 04:33:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32CBA43D4C for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 04:33:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jAB4X40G001424; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:33:04 -0800 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id jAB4X3vA001423; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:33:03 -0800 Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:33:03 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: Michael Vince Message-ID: <20051111043303.GB585@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <20051111010856.4778aa3a.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <437416D2.3080809@roq.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <437416D2.3080809@roq.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0 and wireless setup - documentation? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 04:33:08 -0000 --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 02:58:10PM +1100, Michael Vince wrote: > Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: >=20 > >Hello! > > > >After upgrading my laptop (Thinkpad T41) to FreeBSD 6.0, I was ready > >to try out the new wireless functionality. > >My wireless router uses WPA, and I use dhcp on my network. > > > >I checked the handbook, the faq and did a search on Google for "freebsd > >wireless wpa". > > > >1) Where are the documentation? > >There are man pages for ifconfig, wpa_supplicant and wpa_supplicant.conf > >(BTW, that man page fails to tell you that the file belongs in /etc), > >but there are no "how to set up all necessary files and config for > >wireless with WPA" articles anywhere (that I could find). > >=20 > > > Did you check the secret master wireless acticle for FreeBSD? Its quite= =20 > good. > http://www.freebsdmall.com/~loader/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/wireless/arti= cle.html > Why its not in the handbook I don't know maybe its just not quite=20 > perfect in someway I can't see but I say just chuck it in the main=20 > handbook now. I believe it's coming soon. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDdB7+XY6L6fI4GtQRAgBwAKCbDzmEb4qPZLrT2szZeu6lvxyzEwCfSV2s 9vPDESk4HZGJ+B6gyMImjl8= =+nnU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX--