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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