From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 10 17:34:56 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2772CF69 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:34:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from axelbsd@ymail.com) Received: from nm7-vm3.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm7-vm3.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.91.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7B061FCB for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:34:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.138.90.57] by nm7.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 10 Jul 2013 17:32:18 -0000 Received: from [98.138.226.57] by tm10.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 10 Jul 2013 17:32:18 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp208.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 10 Jul 2013 17:32:18 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ymail.com; s=s1024; t=1373477538; bh=DRCFutu7Mi3Bmz+C/Tatbu6teaNVEaUF0KifUsVt5b4=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-Rocket-Received:Received:X-Google-DKIM-Signature:MIME-Version:X-Received:Received:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Cc:Content-Type; b=RV1CMOtvZ24n2KqkJrWXCducACDwDWeXFJXLbyKG0AReCqXZjKwX6T0tTImisvXqVq+qqLYHL//WLX9Qq1HcdCsnfukzvBbTZePsq5E0CRv7S7VK+j3BeMVSrhXhFat70mESQaWabABw8a/WrrgfcZz4vYV4IupxEyfm2n6UXrk= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 720640.58783.bm@smtp208.mail.ne1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: iZgJowoVM1nLOQVaXmZM.cGmjqTz.RnuRrPZ_DWCyaEXwCX 5gsPfk_xAkOt0jhsb3Ol8ok2JxoLZLLfw6zUVE4yTcJUeBIxA08tH2II3Gtn CklNqkY0c7X3K4mjorunWMRB_C4zGepcmCFuaQQNIwrAiC3sc5Iuv60mlUpu n1IwJRY23.iOq5lUyIJwI9anXFyeDdu_0_rWIlpsWn7u6fjVi_FMMXy3Gxv9 7FLgaZzK5C.5605PVsd_BviZI6PaRZiWkqI.bWI5jWOKYUFgitB520r2X23e aZ.fXpr3jWnzE2ZDa8vcIZwswP3fa95qg4907MTKY6m4J6.XObvZREgOfUze yGjty9E2ldlqut.vAI09eVf.2eTlvsNhvsKcts1NMwvlwcKpHUCVJQNeoAEF OU0cKKSLIBYL5q3WkHh2IHowAWe7ijuMHTZTwZOcigJCxyDBiFsd6lWDTrrN MwS69aSb4Zat.RvtCwv4MKAIlyTKKzZPKER.IhLu4y_Dvr1wtUObB2chDYB7 nq_l4hzHAx257xVd8o0642MPtI4fDCcfr48NuPjDZcoFUzMvBtBIpr.mw7Jh sw_rdN54xXXgLPxr4eRtImdMKGb95.KQjVelBznko0cwVc6snbme_nMGxj3x oeAzQ9f1PjTQ.2mjdNgKFAklt6QhMx60fqQ1UFmUOAMsA_7_vVYOm8cvW1Lv 6Ycq3 X-Yahoo-SMTP: S65s63SswBDjU54Gjqw2GSWlZmfgiEU_X3tN1_9u X-Rocket-Received: from mail-oa0-f42.google.com (axelbsd@209.85.219.42 with ) by smtp208.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Jul 2013 10:32:18 -0700 PDT Received: by mail-oa0-f42.google.com with SMTP id j6so10045876oag.1 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:32:18 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=DRCFutu7Mi3Bmz+C/Tatbu6teaNVEaUF0KifUsVt5b4=; b=fJVOuDTCy75elSevgA9NuIkAaAMb91yuQ6qDUlGIp1wtBSXxHQmqVCYtflkeYI75oN jnX6CWEcGBPvVvm2mjENx1ZCB6O+HFrIfrZUGsGGyYPYw87yXdr39qjczZIhgJ6C6pzR fN393N5Ne04dONSQMAFxd/iwGidwvCjTQc/P7ouMZIeYGNCwhb9/BGz6Up+k5U9nGVIg khKbHpeQSkUzJ1/eQyrwW2YeCD9vVNOl+riBjKXxdoybNv6UuB7ub8Wcl7tjtrLw7LJ+ MpCRPSpFyGGT7q1GFPjCGAJC/afcGeXfkVriBiEkGzihm20jw7gmM5VqtKFCN+pGK2ku Z8KQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.43.230 with SMTP id z6mr27890236obl.82.1373477538038; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:32:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.44.202 with HTTP; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:32:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:32:17 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Bulk] Wireless Networking From: Alexandre To: Walter Hurry Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:34:56 -0000 On Wednesday, July 10, 2013, Walter Hurry wrote: > 9.1-RELEASE-p4 on amd64. This is a laptop with an Atheros 9280 wireless > chip in a domestic setting with a single router and a cable "modem". > > I have never had to use wireless before, but am now in another room. I > have followed the handbook, and it seems to be working well. One question > though: 'ifconfig -a' shows *two* entries apparently relating to > wireless: ath0 and wlan0. The wlan0 one shows the IP address (fixed, not > DHCP), netmask, ssid and so forth, but the ath0 entry shows only: > > ath0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 2290 > ether 0c:ee:e6:80:ed:52 > nd6 options=29 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g > status: associated > > Is this how it should be? > > Hi Walter, Wlan0 is a clone of your wireless network card. So all the IP setup is applied to Wlan0. You will find more information in the handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-wireless.html and in rhe ifconfig man page. I hope this will help you. Kind regards, Alexandre