From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 18 16:07:02 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 C6A29106566C for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:07:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f226.google.com (mail-ew0-f226.google.com [209.85.219.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BF1A8FC15 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:07:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy26 with SMTP id 26so3649340ewy.3 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:07:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=g8fjoxe1RmswCprYRBzGMvWhKnpkIJKdrunRA05IRqA=; b=X/RzAqklM3WkZVziJFObtxMIr5xNLvQxrFvd2HSUnEQuQwDz9/8HkrIdinLI15dTkB 07EXbGQLwFO0HmSRr4+UrEsn2ND4yEHHw70bhAsTYIoD3S32DmNStfWQZIvt3CUfeQsc ZHy0N68f5X+6BCyEMaJpqJ2Ow7CRkOyXYrKH8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=ODTTXBYNpiR1dj7YwnxDpqGfw52+GulenxekVlF6f6AREE4RAjHSmMiVLerRHPJ8oA xnK/VMjop9YDtAk+lY1sFNV7/NVupr1KcBr8YSSJ5D77KFixS4KDpyxXI3w+iJy2n3uy UuaqU+MBKUvzJrexN5F19B/cM/u1veeiGjpzU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.103.83 with SMTP id j19mr4118575ebo.31.1263830821271; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:07:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B547396.7070902@kukulies.org> References: <4B507B9A.3050803@kukulies.org> <3a142e751001150817x7b4da53fs16cebd2e097890b4@mail.gmail.com> <4B547396.7070902@kukulies.org> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:07:00 +0000 Message-ID: <3a142e751001180807u4164013cuebaf3038775a08f2@mail.gmail.com> From: Paul B Mahol To: Christoph Kukulies Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rum0 acting as an Access point (belkin router) 8.0 R 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, 18 Jan 2010 16:07:02 -0000 On 1/18/10, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > Paul B Mahol schrieb: >> On 1/15/10, Christoph Kukulies wrote: >> >>> I'm not sure wether syntax has changed but I wanted to cretae an wlan >>> acess point >>> and tried various things. Under 7.0 I got it working with the following >>> command >>> >>> ifconfig rum0 inet 10.0.0.1/24 mediaopt hostap ssid CITYOFFICE wepmode >>> on wepkey 0xf00baf00ba weptxkey 1 channel 1 >>> >>> >>> I tried this but got a socket error "Invalid argument". >>> >>> Then I tried (from an example in the rum (4) manpage):ifconfig wlan >>> create wlandev rum0 10.0.0.1/24 mediaopt hostap CITYOFFICE wepmode on >>> wepkey 0xf00baaf00baa weptxkey 1 channel 1 >>> >>> >> >> Perhaps you want this one: >> >> ifconfig wlan create wlandev rum0 10.0.0.1/24 wlanmode hostap ssid >> CITYOFFICE wepmode on wepkey 0xf00baaf00baa weptxkey 1 channel 1 >> >> > > I tried this in rc.conf: > > ifconfig_rum0="wlan create wlandev rum0 10.0.0.1/24 wlanmode hostap ssid > CITYOFFICE wepmode on wepkey 0xf00baaf00baa weptxkey 1 channel 1" > > I got this: > > rum0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 2290 > ether 00:11:50:cb:52:10 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect > (autoselect ) > status: no carrier > > > Why "no carrier"? You still did not created wlan0 interface: Put wlans_rum0="wlan0" in rc.conf, and instead of ifconfig_rum0="..... use ifconfig_wlan0="..... -- Paul B Mahol