Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:21:15 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wireless ath - unable to get scan results Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1001150904230.45358@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20100115150234.GF83945@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20100115150234.GF83945@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Fri, 15 Jan 2010, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: ... > ath0: <Atheros 9280> mem 0x110000-0x11ffff at device 3.0 on pci0 ... > # ifconfig ath0 > ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 > ether 00:27:19:e1:b7:d9 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) > status: no carrier > # > > Does this look ok so far? Yes. Not sure how well the 9280 works overall. > Following the manual The Handbook is out of date on this. > I try to scan for available > networks, but get this message immediately, so > it doesn't look like it's searching for anything > > # ifconfig ath0 scan > ifconfig: unable to get scan results > # >From 8.0 on, it necessary to create a wlan0 clone device of the actual wireless card. Then use wlan0 for the actual wireless operation: # ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 # ifconfig wlan0 up list scan That can be automated in rc.conf with wlans_ath0="wlan0". I can't find a PR for updating the Handbook on this. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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