From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 31 18:37:55 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5943D10656AB; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:37:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from mailgw.es.net (mail1.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:201:1::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E75E8FC14; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:37:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:910::29]) by mailgw.es.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o7VIbs83016757 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:37:54 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id F27CF1CC3A; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:37:53 -0700 (PDT) To: Michael BlackHeart In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:08:49 +0400." Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:37:53 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20100831183753.F27CF1CC3A@ptavv.es.net> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.0.10011, 1.0.148, 0.0.0000 definitions=2010-08-31_10:2010-08-31, 2010-08-31, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-1005130000 definitions=main-1008310084 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, John Baldwin Subject: Re: Broadcom Wireless BCM4312 Rev.02 (BCM4310 UART) troubles X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:37:55 -0000 > Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:08:49 +0400 > From: Michael BlackHeart > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > > Why don't you try to play with wlan(4) on top of bwi/bwn? > > An example is here: handbook / 31.3.3.1.1 How to Find Access Points. > > wlan appeared in 7.2 or 7.3 and 8.0 as I remember and I always thought that > it's just a matter of security and easy maintaining and probably multi-wlan > routing. In a real daily usage I use it as well, for example it works great > on my server, but I guess it doesn't matter for a testing hardware, does it? Sorry, but wlan(4) is now mandatory for all wireless cards. wlans_ath0="wlan0" ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.0.7/24 wepkey 1:SECRET ssid mylan weptxkey 1 wepmode on mode 11g -bgscan" -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751