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Date:      Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:38:01 -0500
From:      Michael Ekstrand <michael@elehack.net>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 8.0-BETA3: Cannot use iwn on Thinkpad R61
Message-ID:  <h7cs6p$sim$1@ger.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <25ff90d60908291649x41c020f7tae404c245c4204de@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <h7bpo3$jep$1@ger.gmane.org> <25ff90d60908291649x41c020f7tae404c245c4204de@mail.gmail.com>

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David Horn wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Michael Ekstrand<michael@elehack.net> wrote:
>> I was trying today to get 8.0-BETA3 amd64 usable on my laptop (Thinkpad
>> R61, Intel 4965 wireless chipset) and so far have had no success.  iwnfw
>> and if_iwn load without errors, but when I do
>>
>> # ifconfig iwn0 list caps
>>
> 
> You can't use the iwn0 interface directly.   Starting with 8.0, there
> is a new virtual interface (wlanX) that must be created for each 80.11
> (wi-fi) interface that you wish to use.  (aka vap or multi-bss)

Thank you.  I was operating out of the web version of the handbook and
somehow overlooked the example in iwn(4) that had the wlan device
creation commands.  It works now.

- Michael




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