Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:00:29 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Wireless networking question Message-ID: <20100424210029.GA6139@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <20100424203946.GA1542@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> References: <20100424203946.GA1542@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>
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On Apr 24 2010 13:39, Chip Camden wrote: > A new notebook (ASUS K72F) has integrated wireles networking. The technical > specifications are sadly lacking, so I don't know what chipset. The > wired ethernet appears to use uath, but that's not working as a wlandev. > Since most everything else is Intel, I figured it could be an Intel > chipset, and since it supports 802.11n, I think its probably in the > 6000 series. I tried all the Intel drivers that are listed here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_wireless_drivers#FreeBSD > > And none of them appeared to work. Looking a little further down, it > seems that the Intel 6000 is supported by iwn on OpenBSD, but not on > FreeBSD. But I could be barking up the entirely wrong tree. > > Can anyone shed some light here? Is there any way to query the hardware, > short of opening the box (which will void the warranty)? > > TIA > > -- > Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" More info: I found the following in the output of pciconf -vl: none3@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x10891a3b chip=0x002b168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' class = network alc0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x18201043 chip=0x10631969 rev=0xc0 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Attansic (Now owned by Atheros)' class = network subclass = ethernet Looks like the first entry show here is my wireless (guessing), because alc0 is my wired. Any ideas from that what driver I should be using? I've tried 'ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0', as well as ath1..9 and uath0..9, and I always get: ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Device not configured -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com
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