Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:10:16 +0000 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to troubleshoot why ath0 can't connect to a passwordless wireless network? Message-ID: <4990C5E8.5010300@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090209155305.13786eiozefkdvs4@webmail.rawbw.com> References: <20090209003328.146539xpvcxdt740@webmail.rawbw.com> <3a142e750902091508v29f5c8car2a3bf5dc56b763e2@mail.gmail.com> <20090209155305.13786eiozefkdvs4@webmail.rawbw.com>
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Yuri wrote: > Quoting "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com>: > >> wlandebug(8) for general 802.11 debuging >> >> ath driver have it's own debug options ... documented in source code >> .... >> > > Thanks! > > In the debug log I see the line: > ath0: ieee80211_scan_update: no scanner suppport for mode 8 > From source code I see that mode 8 is IEEE80211_M_MONITOR. > As I understand in 'monitor' mode no packets are being sent or received. > When I try to turn it off with 'ifconfig ath0 -monotor' interface > still seems to stay in monitor mode. > > Why wouldn't -monitor turn monitor mode off? > > Yuri Perhaps it is just a typo but shouldn't it be 'ifconfig ath0 -monitor' instead of 'ifconfig ath0 -monotor'
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