From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Sun Apr 1 12:33:57 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99050F93A01 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2018 12:33:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail@alexandrews.me.uk) Received: from us2-ob2-1.mailhostbox.com (us2-ob2-1.mailhostbox.com [162.210.70.55]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3AF4A69388 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2018 12:33:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail@alexandrews.me.uk) Received: from onyx (204.206.198.146.dyn.plus.net [146.198.206.204]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: mail@alexandrews.me.uk) by us2.outbound.mailhostbox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DC2E5780BFC for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2018 12:24:41 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alexandrews.me.uk; s=20150617; t=1522585482; bh=FPtc1/PAgJrlerwd2O8VwKxImG15Z9bjSrYh1gX6/lo=; h=From:To:Subject:Date; b=KPPUIjO+kDUg/ay1V2iEw/kI+Bu52PwYbKjy2dA0owcL/+t+srG4pjio0J3weL6/k dgCTZHfOyn9S4tR6X8IH1qKzyz6HAYXpkZZ2CfWzpfq6dzTQT9uxfMfKSXcBd3zzTN 9uZ9lqinFQVLDO9d/LCr38SiH4MVrkHOSiigEb3Y= Message-ID: From: "Alex Andrews" To: Subject: WiFi Debugging Tool for BSD Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2018 13:24:36 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5512 X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 180331-0, 31/03/2018), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-CMAE-Score: 0 X-CMAE-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=LqTi8jVc c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=XDQOI+HIyHjJWqHUqTPTTA==:117 a=XDQOI+HIyHjJWqHUqTPTTA==:17 a=r77TgQKjGQsHNAKrUKIA:9 a=GF0ectX21K0Wf_XDpGUA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=X7dEJTPHfziBnkdy5zgA:9 a=m6k6p1-45OmDE6sg:21 a=_W_S_7VecoQA:10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2018 12:33:57 -0000 Hi, Sorry, I got your contact details from the FreeBSD Wiki page for WiFi = ideas. I am a newbie to FreeBSD (plenty of Windows experience, and a = little Linux experience) but I just can't get the wifi working on my MSI = X-610 laptop under FreeBSD 11.1. I have followed all of the = instructions and asked for help on the forum, but "ifconfig wlan0 up = scan" just produces no output even though I know there are about a dozen = wifi access points in range. I suspect it is a problem with the driver, = but I'm not sure how to verify that. What would be really useful is a = simple wifi debugging tool that could run through all of the steps = necessary to get a wifi card working (check the driver is loaded and = working, check "syctl net.lan.devices", then check /etc/rc.conf for the = correct wlans_ and ifconfig_ entries, etc etc). I imagine this would be = a fairly simple task for someone with the appropriate knowledge/skill = set, and I am sure others would find it useful too. Any chance this = might be considered? Thanks very much, Alex