Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:55:29 +0100 From: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> To: Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Wireless access point rc.conf syntax in FreeBSD 8? Message-ID: <4BA73081.4020506@eskk.nu> In-Reply-To: <64c038661003211419j5815ac92q8d93eb4f9960162b@mail.gmail.com> References: <64c038661003211419j5815ac92q8d93eb4f9960162b@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2010-03-21 22:19, Modulok wrote: > I have a wireless network card. But I can't configure it. I read in > UPDATING that this had to do with some split up of the wireless > drivers into software/hardware interfaces? Something to do with me > having to clone the interface before I can configure it? There was no > mention of this in the handbook wireless section that I saw. > > Anyway, I want to run it as an access point, not a client. The ral > driver supports this, but I'm not sure on the rc.conf synax for > creating an access point out of it. Could anyone point to some > access-point-like examples? > > Thanks! > -Modulok- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" What I myself missed when I installed 8.0 was the need for the following line in rc.conf. wlans_iwn0="wlan0" Where iwn0 is the driver for my Intel 5100. You could post your /boot/loader.conf and the lines related networking from your /etc/rc.conf It'll be easier to give you good advise then. /Leslie
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