From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 22 08:55:37 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 1A27B1065675 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:55:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leslie@eskk.nu) Received: from mail.gelita.se (212-162-182-244.skbbip.com [212.162.182.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBB428FC12 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:55:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.gelita.se (localhost.gelita.se [127.0.0.1]) by mail.gelita.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id E227D10E77C; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:57:46 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at troback.com Received: from mail.gelita.se ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.gelita.se (mail.gelita.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id qfksvV50sUbe; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:57:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from bljbsd01.no-ip.org (c-195-216-040-164.static.bjare.net [195.216.40.164]) by mail.gelita.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9702B10E50A; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:57:41 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4BA73081.4020506@eskk.nu> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:55:29 +0100 From: Leslie Jensen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; sv-SE; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100302 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Modulok References: <64c038661003211419j5815ac92q8d93eb4f9960162b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <64c038661003211419j5815ac92q8d93eb4f9960162b@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Wireless access point rc.conf syntax in FreeBSD 8? 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: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:55:37 -0000 On 2010-03-21 22:19, Modulok wrote: > I have a wireless network card. But I can't configure it. I read in > UPDATING that this had to do with some split up of the wireless > drivers into software/hardware interfaces? Something to do with me > having to clone the interface before I can configure it? There was no > mention of this in the handbook wireless section that I saw. > > Anyway, I want to run it as an access point, not a client. The ral > driver supports this, but I'm not sure on the rc.conf synax for > creating an access point out of it. Could anyone point to some > access-point-like examples? > > Thanks! > -Modulok- > _______________________________________________ > 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" What I myself missed when I installed 8.0 was the need for the following line in rc.conf. wlans_iwn0="wlan0" Where iwn0 is the driver for my Intel 5100. You could post your /boot/loader.conf and the lines related networking from your /etc/rc.conf It'll be easier to give you good advise then. /Leslie