Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:07:32 +0100 From: S Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> To: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Wireless networking question Message-ID: <20100424220732.00000f67@unknown> In-Reply-To: <20100424210029.GA6139@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> References: <20100424203946.GA1542@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100424210029.GA6139@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>
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Hello Chip, On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:00:29 -0700 Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> wrote: > 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 <<snipped>> > > 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 > Not a whole lot there.., Does scanpci -v tell you any more details about the hardware? Regards, S Roberts > > 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 >
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