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Date:      Thu, 5 Apr 2018 20:55:00 +1000
From:      Felix Friedlander <felixphew0@gmail.com>
To:        Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: WiFi Tool for BSD
Message-ID:  <BAE47A64-C321-461F-9584-BB920F847E7C@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180405122120.29be608c@oxy>
References:  <D72483C2332C4A6D84CBB2DF504D5138@onyx> <CAJ-VmomnDkoojYNr3EgedgTTUEn9AsjZttZadBipYVMd_4oW-A@mail.gmail.com> <20180405122120.29be608c@oxy>

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> On 5 Apr 2018, at 20:21, Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
>> On 1 April 2018 at 05:24, Alex Andrews <mail@alexandrews.me.uk> =
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?
>=20
> 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.

On a running system the equivalent is bsdconfig(8) - you can type =
`bsdconfig netdev' to get straight to the Network Interfaces menu.

- Felix




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