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Date:      Fri, 6 Aug 2010 15:41:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Don Lewis <truckman@FreeBSD.org>
To:        mike@sentex.net
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: [ath] IBM 802.11B B/G 39T0073 card doesn't work in 8-STABLE but worked in 7-STABLE
Message-ID:  <201008062241.o76MftVI071614@gw.catspoiler.org>
In-Reply-To: <201008062040.o76Ke9aA097929@lava.sentex.ca>

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On  6 Aug, Mike Tancsa wrote:
> At 03:59 PM 8/6/2010, Don Lewis wrote:
>># ifconfig ath0 up
>># ifconfig ath0
>>ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
>>         ether 00:16:ce:00:ac:a7
>>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
>>         status: no carrier
>># ifconfig ath0 scan
> 
> Hi,
>          I got caught in the same error.  The wireless stuff in 
> RELENG_8 is a bit different. You need to create a wlan interface on 
> top of the ath driver. Take a look at wlan(4)

Thanks!  I didn't expect to have to read /usr/src/UPDATING all the way
back to early 2008 ...




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