Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:54:02 +0100 From: "Leslie Jensen" <leslie@eskk.nu> To: "Colin Brace" <cb@lim.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't bring ath0 up Message-ID: <e92037e5fdcddbc50a4c003c01b27f41.squirrel@www.eskk.nu> In-Reply-To: <27734134.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <27734134.post@talk.nabble.com>
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> > Hi all, > > I have just upgrade my FreeBSD server from 7 to 8. Everything seems to be > working OK, except the Atheros-based wireless network card, which I had > configured as an access point and which worked fine under 7 for several > years. > > The command: > > # ifconfig ath0 up > > works fine, but anything else returns an error message. For example: > > # ifconfig ath0 192.168.3.1 > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): Invalid argument > > or this, copied & pasted directly from the FreeBSD Handbook: > > # ifconfig ath0 ssid freebsdap mode 11g mediaopt hostap inet 192.168.0.1 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument > > Any ideas on what is going on here? > > ----- > Colin Brace > Amsterdam > http://lim.nl > -- If it's a wireless you need to set wlan0 as described in the handbook. This is new from version 8. /Leslie
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