Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:10:21 +0100 From: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Samuel_Mart=EDn_Moro?= <faust64@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WiFi interface - scanning ssid Message-ID: <3a142e750911230610h5649b1cbm65cfda1f1e133417@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ce5f79aa0911230537k659c0adasf876aecddcc9b165@mail.gmail.com> References: <ce5f79aa0911230333t4c4112caifa7f9a360d6afd7a@mail.gmail.com> <ce5f79aa0911230537k659c0adasf876aecddcc9b165@mail.gmail.com>
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On 11/23/09, Samuel Mart=EDn Moro <faust64@gmail.com> wrote:
> that may help:
>
> my uname:
> FreeBSD devel.axis.fr 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #0: Wed Oct 14
> 15:26:50 CEST 2009 root@h2g2.axis.fr:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i3=
86
>
> in rc.conf:
> hostapd/dhcpd/ifconfig_rum0 are commented
>
> wlan_xauth is loaded
>
> ~# ifconfig rum0 down
> ~# ifconfig rum0 delete
> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCDIFADDR): Can't assign requested address
> ~# ifconfig rum0 destroy
> ifconfig: SIOCIFDESTROY: Invalid argument
> ~# ifconfig rum0
> rum0: flags=3D108802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NEEDSGIANT> metric 0 mtu=
1500
> ether 00:18:1a:0c:65:2f
> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
> status: no carrier
> ssid 1921680452 channel 2 (2417 Mhz 11g)
> authmode AUTO privacy OFF txpower 50 scanvalid 60 bgscan
> bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11g 7 roam:rate11g 5
> protmode CTS dtimperiod 1
>
> before, my card was listed by pciconf (but isn't anymore), as noneX
> now, I can view it using usbdevs:
> [...]
> port 4 addr 2: high speed, power 300 mA, config 1, 802.11 bg WLAN(0x2573)=
,
> Ralink(0x148f), rev 0.01
> [...]
>
> I used to test WIFI with two different chipset.
> I generated the first driver using ndisgen, and compiled back the kernel
> (adding some lines into headers) to deal with the second one.
> I don't remember which one I use here. But my problem might come from a b=
ad
> driver. (but most likely: PEBKAC)
>
>
>
> Thanks for your help
>
>
> Samuel Mart=EDn Moro
> CamTrace
> {EPITECH.} tek4
>
> | "Nobody wants to say how this works. |
> | Maybe nobody knows ..." |
> | Xorg.conf(5) |
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Samuel Mart=EDn Moro
> <faust64@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm trying to list ssid neighborhood.
>> doing ifconfig rum0 scan or ifconfig rum0 list scan, there isn't any
>> returned row.
>>
>> it perfectly works a few days ago, when I was working on a script to
>> configure WIFI interfaces as client.
>> more recently, I tried to do a script to configure WIFI interfaces as
>> access points. since that, all my scan/list scan are empty.
>>
>> by the way, while testing, I wasn't able to reset interface configuratio=
n
>> (and maybe it's my list/scan) problem.
>> I tried with delete, ... It still keeps the old conf, when I'ld like to
>> drop it. How should I do ?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> Samuel Mart=EDn Moro
>> CamTrace
>> {EPITECH.} tek4
>>
>> | "Nobody wants to say how this works. |
>> | Maybe nobody knows ..." |
>> | Xorg.conf(5) |
>>
You need to bring interface up, before scanning.
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