From owner-freebsd-mobile Sat Jan 11 21:14:12 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A8BD37B401 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:14:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6A2743F5B for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:14:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (warner@rover2.village.org [10.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.12.6/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h0C5E91e003839; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 22:14:09 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 22:12:18 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20030111.221218.61769732.imp@bsdimp.com> To: vev@michvhf.com Cc: netprince@vt.edu, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wi in hostap mode causes panic near linksys router From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: References: <20030111.204722.20411208.imp@bsdimp.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.2 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message: Vince Vielhaber writes: : On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote: : : > In message: : > Vince Vielhaber writes: : > : On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Ben Pfountz wrote: : > : : > : > Here is what I use to start the AP: : > : > : > : > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -s "digitalpimp" : > : > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -f 1 : > : > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -t 2 : > : > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -e 0 : > : > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -a 3 : > : > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -e 1 : > : > /usr/sbin/wicontrol -i wi0 -k [key] -v 1 : > : > /sbin/ifconfig wi0 up ssid princenet mediaopt hostap : > : : > : Shouldn't you also be doing this? : > : : > : /usr/sbin/wicontrol -p 6 : > : > No. wicontrol -p isn't supported and will be removed. mediaopt : > hostap is the only suppoprted way to set the port type. : : Are all port types going to be supported with this new method or is : support for the other modes getting dropped? All port methods already are supported. Also, at least with prism firmware the driver must be aware of special things for some of the port types. Placing the card into a mode that uses a port type that the driver doesn't know about may result in strange behavior. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message