From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Thu Apr 5 10:55:06 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 62191F9DE3F for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2018 10:55:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from felixphew0@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x230.google.com (mail-it0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::230]) (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 DB51975546; Thu, 5 Apr 2018 10:55:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from felixphew0@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x230.google.com with SMTP id m134-v6so2304442itb.3; Thu, 05 Apr 2018 03:55:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=K+769pE95/XsEVr2UwziK+4KNB6E/nsX5JqXJNAXMSQ=; b=Q4ExCTUEVpFkMKr6Q/McITrl6voGc/nDljc1HtjG8XlBolS/usHxxEk/nE4A4BXn6x lO+nEC3Yjp6+NST9PKZPTc110zqhBGlciQGDXs9CMZyxCGxI8mLiw946n5IblPSyim8T +FHx2OZaLzxdcR93zc40Q/+GC3gUwr6taq03fwirjBw3/De6Q1VP1PRRZ/OXP+eK92K5 /ZnaUWqKJNRpl08q11koqD5O82csMlfVOAs6u8JT/rxKLeVZWRKAfQWWavC6bfhDCRFc jmksagf6tCQuEDg1UWbqqkpvDkJ6rLbekW78CFgpN1x7HvViwdl8h0IBklDbq2KC89sn tQgw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=K+769pE95/XsEVr2UwziK+4KNB6E/nsX5JqXJNAXMSQ=; b=NwJFMsLiJwL3tlndszbdOKyARzNNEH5dr1Lxzj8TOOcnOHcbDttpQxUjWPt3hm4BLR tfI0tCVni5wGtFfHWyWvEZdTuIPDPOz1kR56LPTp/kfXfQx1D1SBD/OnPqN/SJ3sGHbj gxrHmHl+5y0bp3Ga0R6TQCeAd6WQoZgFpmvE8OTM/Rywb193yxrW0xQNJ1lZwSf2pXl5 UPd/xMoBimskkPekDosYTR6SVIpENJWSZM32phIZ5wTkfcavGHdIAhOe9wfKgw2g4JmP Czd09EJWIUr9iH2gu9vpzmXrsofxci9krnFhkm4kt0LyO9MfUajnmE0rFRA0Yhviq3TN OPxg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALQs6tChMwj3phk1oAO64s2YzACGLRgfLVJBXFS+Mnq8nkl7GN8UiVxZ 7Okn7kapTizmgg72JS2QCE3s3NA5 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx493xacpObPMgUt9L0g6MPimg32AZvGOOaeJAyXs+YBr47Dli00ejjLi2Q5L5jJYnfAXTsggPw== X-Received: by 2002:a24:1c4:: with SMTP id 187-v6mr13790352itk.117.1522925704999; Thu, 05 Apr 2018 03:55:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.40] (c49-177-162-140.frank4.vic.optusnet.com.au. [49.177.162.140]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r66-v6sm3933043itc.29.2018.04.05.03.55.02 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 05 Apr 2018 03:55:04 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.3 \(3445.6.18\)) Subject: Re: WiFi Tool for BSD From: Felix Friedlander In-Reply-To: <20180405122120.29be608c@oxy> Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 20:55:00 +1000 Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20180405122120.29be608c@oxy> To: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.6.18) 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 10:55:06 -0000 > On 5 Apr 2018, at 20:21, Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >=20 >> 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? >=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