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From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
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On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:51:40 -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:

 > Hi,
 > 
 > It's there, it just doesn't show up in ifconfig anymore.
 > 
 > sysctl net.wlan.devices
 > 
 > if you create the interface (ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0) then
 > it'll show up!

Just curious .. why was it considered a good idea not to have ifconfig 
show wireless interfaces?  Won't this make for ongoing such confusion?

cheers, Ian