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=3D214586 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 Quick Start sub-section outdated (incorrect): "2.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 driv= ers 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 comman= d: $ sysctl net.wlan.devices --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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