Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 22:43:19 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 214586] Handbook: discovery of wireless devices for 11.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <bug-214586-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214586 Bug ID: 214586 Summary: Handbook: discovery of wireless devices for 11.0-RELEASE Product: Documentation Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: Documentation Assignee: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Reporter: woodsb02@freebsd.org The FreeBSD Handbook chapter for wireless devices needs to be updated for changes in the behaviour of wireless interfaces on 11.0-RELEASE, which no longer shows the parent wireless device as an interface in the output of ifconfig This makes the following statement in the 30.3.2. Quick Start sub-section outdated (incorrect): "2. Identify the wireless adapter. The FreeBSD GENERIC kernel includes drivers for many common wireless adapters. If the wireless adapter is one of those models, it will be shown in the output from ifconfig(8): % ifconfig | grep -B3 -i wireless If a wireless adapter is not listed, an additional kernel module might be required, or it might be a model not supported by FreeBSD. This example shows the Atheros ath0 wireless adapter." The new method to identify available wireless adapters is to use the command: $ sysctl net.wlan.devices -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.help
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