From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Thu Apr 5 10:20:41 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB70EF9BA3E for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2018 10:20:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mpp302@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-f42.google.com (mail-wm0-f42.google.com [74.125.82.42]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 31BC073D19 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2018 10:20:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mpp302@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-f42.google.com with SMTP id x4so5441381wmh.5 for ; Thu, 05 Apr 2018 03:20:40 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=qi4tx1fhNkiskXgR1FkSg9HIb3TwmrlkUa+NDu9iO4I=; b=pcS2EGeWsLfS2DVOUB4jZdLLRuGobL1WL0CZypkwfnZ7NBNgrjgrrfF6JCzFCY/MqO zv70RIB72H2549T8w+KwvQtKMhkliAeV+ROMKElx+xE9jSVzcPFwt2GCa/2CM/dg7THm fzv/de2TSOlTj9leQuNzbBmeAvNmjmB7MRNCeUhser4bJ2k5TYfv+zGB4NUf6J2zsqzm 78TwVPIFloMRNy3Rzg6TTbEttUH5iKs1rsSNPbonolb78IeTEdcbpSOw0/tY80sUBHdu C0DoEnI6ZUndtInEVk00qsiDyeDM9lGB4HcwKK0JqM3myViO15oCBnbNiB7sgvYhRRlW B96g== X-Gm-Message-State: ALQs6tAgjFPsd8hc8LZOCFhpqHcJnBg6RBKrhORRaSTt1Vo97Jpykh6S OAxJOmsvVYtKz7rFVmK+oh1VD2WR X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx48SJd3KjSs+ubI7hhQcSzvpAHtmRdYzIby2Pg+lXDFUw9Rc1UMUcLDhR5XSKslh5/oRZgm3BA== X-Received: by 10.46.84.93 with SMTP id y29mr13082757ljd.11.1522923633677; Thu, 05 Apr 2018 03:20:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oxy (fw-gw-atm.mimuw.edu.pl. [193.0.96.15]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 63-v6sm1459209lfq.31.2018.04.05.03.20.32 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 05 Apr 2018 03:20:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 12:21:20 +0200 From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WiFi Tool for BSD Message-ID: <20180405122120.29be608c@oxy> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.16.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd12.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:20:41 -0000 >On 1 April 2018 at 05:24, Alex Andrews wrote: >> What would be really useful is a simple wifi debugging tool that >> could run through all of the steps necessary to get a wifi card >> working (check the driver is loaded and working, check "syctl >> net.lan.devices", then check /etc/rc.conf for the correct wlans_ and >> ifconfig_ entries, etc etc). I imagine this would be a fairly >> simple task for someone with the appropriate knowledge/skill set, >> and I am sure others would find it useful too. Any chance this >> might be considered? I wonder if bsdinstall(8) would be sufficient. It is the tool, which configures your network connection during installation. I think it can be used to configure WiFi of a running system as well.