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Date:      Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:01:33 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: problems making an access point w/current
Message-ID:  <86bq29sdlu.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <484E33A9.80202@psg.com> (Randy Bush's message of "Tue\, 10 Jun 2008 16\:56\:25 %2B0900")
References:  <6b8e8f4f0804291900v521cde5cw1ad4eaba70244e9c@mail.gmail.com> <4817E52F.5070806@freebsd.org> <6b8e8f4f0805011334t68c265a8r50eaf2264eb12d08@mail.gmail.com> <481A520B.3020808@freebsd.org> <6b8e8f4f0805012012u3d0baee1x46e313c33b4295f4@mail.gmail.com> <484D1AAB.5080800@psg.com> <484E33A9.80202@psg.com>

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Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> writes:
> ifconfig_wlan0=3D"channel 11 ssid rgnet-aden wep wepkey thirteenchars wep=
txkey 1 mediaopt hostap up"
> [...]
> # ifconfig wlan0
> wlan0:
> flags=3D8d43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
> metric 0 mtu 1500
>         ether 00:0b:6b:83:59:25
>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
>         status: no carrier
>         ssid rgnet-aden channel 11 (2462 Mhz 11g)
>         country US ecm authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 1 wepkey 1:104-b=
it
>         txpower 19 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle=
 250
>         roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst ff dturbo bintval 0

Note that it says "autoselect" instead of "hostap".  AFAIK, you have to
specify a media and a mode before you specify a mediaopt.  Try "media
autoselect mode 11g mediaopt hostap" instead of just "mediaopt hostap".

DES
--=20
Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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