From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Nov 16 17:55:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC22F37B479 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2000 17:55:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id eAH1t9Q03120; Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:55:09 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id SAA71021; Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:55:08 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200011170155.SAA71021@harmony.village.org> To: Jordan Hubbard Subject: Re: wi0 and wicontrol Cc: Peter Radcliffe , mobile@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:07:50 PST." <54410.974419670@winston.osd.bsdi.com> References: <54410.974419670@winston.osd.bsdi.com> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:55:08 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <54410.974419670@winston.osd.bsdi.com> Jordan Hubbard writes: : This is why the wicontrol command (and any of its similar brethren) : need to be folded into ifconfig(8), just as NetBSD has done it. Then : the already-present hooks for ifconfig commands can be used to initialize : the interface and things like the station address/mode/etc at the same : time. Agreed. If you've ever tried to configure a aironet card, a wavelan card and a awi based card in a small, home network, you have a deeper appreciation for having unified control programs. It is a nightmare right now. I've not been able to get it to work and I think I not a novice user :-) Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message