Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:55:08 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com> Cc: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net>, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wi0 and wicontrol Message-ID: <200011170155.SAA71021@harmony.village.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>
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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
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