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Date:      Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:10:16 +0000
From:      Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to troubleshoot why ath0 can't connect to a passwordless wireless network?
Message-ID:  <4990C5E8.5010300@gmail.com>
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Yuri wrote:
> Quoting "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com>:
>
>> wlandebug(8) for general 802.11 debuging
>>
>> ath driver have it's own debug options ... documented in source code 
>> ....
>>
>
> Thanks!
>
> In the debug log I see the line:
> ath0: ieee80211_scan_update: no scanner suppport for mode 8
> From source code I see that mode 8 is IEEE80211_M_MONITOR.
> As I understand in 'monitor' mode no packets are being sent or received.
> When I try to turn it off with 'ifconfig ath0 -monotor' interface 
> still seems to stay in monitor mode.
>
> Why wouldn't -monitor turn monitor mode off?
>
> Yuri
Perhaps it is just a typo but shouldn't it be 'ifconfig ath0 -monitor' 
instead of 'ifconfig ath0 -monotor'



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