Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 20:44:22 +0800 From: "Paul Hamilton" <paulh@bdug.org.au> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Using ifconfig to change channels using FreeBSD 6.0 on a Netgear WG311v3 wireless NIC Message-ID: <010601c5f0f4$cb2df3c0$6600a8c0@w2k2>
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Hi, I have compiled the FreeBSD driver from the Windows 2000 files by running: ndisgen WG311v3.INF WG311v3.sys After working through the simple wizard and selecting the defaults, I ended up with a kernel module called: WG311v3_sys.ko Then I loaded it by running: kldload ndis kldload WG311v3_sys.ko I could then run: wicontrol -i ndis0 to see the following: NIC serial number: [ ] Station name: [ asc1 ] SSID for IBSS creation: [ my_net ] Current netname (SSID): [ ] Desired netname (SSID): [ my_net ] Current BSSID: [ 00:00:00:00:00:00 ] Channel list: [ 3fff ] IBSS channel: [ 3 ] Current channel: [ 1 ] Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 0 0 0 ] Promiscuous mode: [ Off ] Intersil-Prism2 based card: [ 1 ] Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc): [ 1 ] MAC address: [ 00:0f:b5:85:87:f0 ] TX rate (selection): [ 0 ] TX rate (actual speed): [ 1 ] RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2346 ] Create IBSS: [ Off ] Access point density: [ 1 ] Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off): [ 0 ] Max sleep time: [ 100 ] WEP encryption: [ Off ] TX encryption key: [ 0 ] Encryption keys: [ ][ ][ ][ ] Now, if I try changing the current channel by using this command: ifconfig ndis0 channel 11 All this does is change the IBSS channel to 11, not the current channel. What am I missing here? Cheers, Paul Hamilton
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