Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 09:14:57 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Yann Golanski <yann@kierun.org>, Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ath0, netgear WG311T problem. [SOLVED] Message-ID: <20060511161457.0F61145042@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 11 May 2006 16:37:38 %2B0930." <200605111637.40473.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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> From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
> Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 16:37:38 +0930
> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
>
> On Thursday 11 May 2006 16:22, Yann Golanski wrote:
> > Now, all I need to do is to use some encryption and some find some
>
> Use WPA - man wpa_supplicant.
> (Assuming your AP can support it)
>
> > monitoring software to give me signal strength and things like that.
> > Any recommendations on either?
>
> ifconfig ath0 scan? :)
> I see there is a gkrellm plugin in ports but I've never used it.
The gkrellm plugin only works for a few devices at this time and ath is
not one of them. It works for my old Prism 2.5 card, but not my new
Atheros. :-{
Maybe an interface to the 802.11 layer would make this plugin work for
all modern wireless cards. I really prefer gkrellm to the standard Gnome
monitoring tools.
Looks like Hajimu UMEMOTO has done much of the FreeBSD work on this
plugin. I cc'd him on this, but I have no idea if he has time or
interest.
--
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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