From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 25 06:41:51 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68486106564A for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:41:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Received: from cauchy.math.missouri.edu (cauchy.math.missouri.edu [128.206.184.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41DF38FC21 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:41:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Received: from laptop3.gateway.2wire.net (cauchy.math.missouri.edu [128.206.184.213]) by cauchy.math.missouri.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m5P6fAdv030809; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:41:11 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from stephen@math.missouri.edu) Message-ID: <4861E8AD.4040500@math.missouri.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:41:49 -0500 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080613 SeaMonkey/1.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: james toy References: <9f8af95f0806242239j1e62dfdbt68ddd191e7a71d3a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9f8af95f0806242239j1e62dfdbt68ddd191e7a71d3a@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: iwn Driver for intel 4965 WLAN adapter X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:41:51 -0000 james toy wrote: > fellow daring -CURRENT members, > > Firstly we aren't so daring -CURRENT has been perfect for me for around > 1 year -- in any event i'm struggling with my intel 4965 and was wondering > if i might be able to brainstorm with a few of you -- firstly i have an > ibm(lenovo-ack) x61 tablet -- i initially loaded the standard module if_iwn > -- and immediatley noted the dmesg cry for help saying to enable the > legal.intel_iwn.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf -- once having done that > i rebooted my machine so that iwnfw (firmware) could be loaded -- once this > was loaded i was under the impression that i would be scott free and go > about my "ifconfig iwn0 up scan" or "ifconfig iwn0 up ssid crazylegs" and > then dhclient from there. > > negative -- [ifconfig iwn0 up scan] returns : "ifconfig: unable to get scan > results" and [ifconfig iwn0 ssid crazylegs] returns : "ifconfig: SIOCS80211: > Invalid argument" > > i'm completely confused and have done a fair bit of googling on this -- > nothing really comes up too definitively -- i've also built this directly > into the kernel as well -- both the module and the built in versions of this > driver return the exact same thing for me -- any ideas ladies and gents? > > respectfully > > -jt I was hit with the same thing. In current CURRENT, you have to create these wlan devices. One way is to put lines something like this into rc.conf: wlans_iwn0="wlan0" ifconfig_wlan0="ssid crazylegs DHCP" To be honest, I am still at a loss as to how I managed to figure this out - I guess I got luckier with the googles. "man ifconfig" helps, but you have to read the right parts. "vi /etc/default/rc.conf" also provided some clues. Stephen