From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 27 15:34:35 2004 Return-Path: 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 B9BE116A4CE for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 15:34:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from msgfe02.utad.utoledo.edu (msgfe02.utad.utoledo.edu [131.183.1.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6778F43D2F for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 15:34:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rafege@mail.com) Received: from lmrmac.uhw.utoledo.edu ([131.183.85.137]) by msgfe02.utad.utoledo.edu with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:34:35 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:34:34 -0500 From: rafege@mail.com (Gary E. RAFE, Ph.D.) Organization: Rouillard & Rafe To: stephen@math.missouri.edu Message-ID: <41D02B8A.nailF913QOR3C@mail.com> References: <41CF9DB0.nailF1W1WJMAN@mail.com> <41CF9FE1.9050207@math.missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <41CF9FE1.9050207@math.missouri.edu> User-Agent: nail 11.3 8/18/04 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Dec 2004 15:34:35.0272 (UTC) FILETIME=[91893880:01C4EC29] cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WiFi Access Point Discovery Tools ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: rafege@mail.com List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 15:34:35 -0000 !Have you tried ! !wicontrol wi0 -l Sorry about the earlier note -- the coffee hadn't kicked in yet... wicontrol wi0 -l for either card reports "0 stations" with one powered & sitting less than 4 meters away. A quick look at the man page for wicontrol(1) further suggested "wicontrol wiX -L". For the Lucent-based MiniPCI card (wi0) we get: NIC serial number: [ ] Station name: [ FreeBSD WaveL ] SSID for IBSS creation: [ ] Current netname (SSID): [ ] Desired netname (SSID): [ ] Current BSSID: [ 00:00:00:00:00:00 ] Channel list: [ 7ff ] IBSS channel: [ 10 ] Current channel: [ 65535 ] Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 0 0 0 ] Promiscuous mode: [ Off ] Process 802.11b Frame: [ Off ] Intersil-Prism2 based card: [ 0 ] Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc): [ 1 ] MAC address: [ 00:02:2d:xx:xx:xx ] TX rate (selection): [ 0 ] TX rate (actual speed): [ 0 ] RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2312 ] Create IBSS: [ Off ] Access point density: [ 1 ] Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off): [ 0 ] Max sleep time: [ 100 ] WEP encryption: [ Off ] TX encryption key: [ 1 ] Encryption keys: [ ][ ][ ][ ] Available APs: 0 stations: SSID BSSID Chan SN S N Intrvl Capinfo For the Prism2-based PCCARD (wi1) we get: NIC serial number: [ ] Station name: [ FreeBSD WaveL ] SSID for IBSS creation: [ ] Current netname (SSID): [ ] Desired netname (SSID): [ ] Current BSSID: [ 00:00:00:00:00:00 ] Channel list: [ 7ff ] IBSS channel: [ 11 ] Current channel: [ 65535 ] Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 0 0 0 ] Promiscuous mode: [ Off ] Process 802.11b Frame: [ Off ] Intersil-Prism2 based card: [ 1 ] Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc): [ 1 ] MAC address: [ 00:90:d1:xx:xx:xx ] TX rate (selection): [ 0 ] TX rate (actual speed): [ 0 ] RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2312 ] Create IBSS: [ Off ] Access point density: [ 1 ] Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off): [ 0 ] Max sleep time: [ 100 ] WEP encryption: [ Off ] TX encryption key: [ 1 ] Encryption keys: [ ][ ][ ][ ] Available APs: So, what's up with access point discovery in 5.3-R ? -- Gary E. RAFE, Ph.D. Please do not send me HTML-encoded mail. It will be discarded automatically.