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Subject: Re: [ath] IBM 802.11B B/G 39T0073 card doesn't work in
 8-STABLE but worked in 7-STABLE
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At 03:59 PM 8/6/2010, Don Lewis wrote:
># ifconfig ath0 up
># ifconfig ath0
>ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
>         ether 00:16:ce:00:ac:a7
>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
>         status: no carrier
># ifconfig ath0 scan

Hi,
         I got caught in the same error.  The wireless stuff in 
RELENG_8 is a bit different. You need to create a wlan interface on 
top of the ath driver. Take a look at wlan(4)

         ---Mike



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