Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 06:16:11 +0200 From: Anthony Simm <simm.anthony@googlemail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, Anthony Simm <simm.anthony@googlemail.com> Cc: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: wireless networking - halfway solved Message-ID: <544B240B.8000309@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410241810560.20714@wonkity.com> References: <544A13D7.7000202@gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcN0Ykn5uv1arktwR6JSJayiTxk7XF8hjSJHCOFHMe%2BHog@mail.gmail.com> <544A539F.8080103@gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcOvTt%2BDygocn_-7Hxy_8tC3WxrfZ3m__siyQ=ddMw9CdQ@mail.gmail.com> <544A7A19.4080405@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410241105540.6025@wonkity.com> <544A9365.4060508@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410241255340.41363@wonkity.com> <544AA91A.40700@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410241406310.59239@wonkity.com> <544AB774.5000109@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410241810560.20714@wonkity.com>
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On 10/25/2014 02:15 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 24 Oct 2014, Anthony Simm wrote: > >>> If it made a WPA connection, you are set. The output of 'ifconfig' >>> shows some information on how it connected. >> >> ifconfig now gives >> >> ipw0: flags=8802<POINTTOPOINT, SIMPLEX, MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 >> ether 00:0c:f1:5e:4c:58 >> nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> >> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11b >> status: associated > > It would be in the section about wlan0. wlan0 is a virtual device that > controls the hardware device, ipw0 in this case. > Yes, exactly. I had no idea. Two sentences like that in the Handbook could bring dumbos like me on the right track, maybe. Sorry if such a hint is already there and I didn't get it; that would underline my concern. :-) Regards, Anthony -- mobile +250 78 8778 161 B.P.155 Gisenyi Rwanda "Artificial intelligence will never match natural stupidity"
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