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Subject: Re: 8.0-BETA3: Cannot use iwn on Thinkpad R61
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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