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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