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Date:      Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:04:14 +0100
From:      Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To:        <me@kmwhite.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Intel PRO/Wireless 6050 in 8.1-RELEASE Problems
Message-ID:  <20101029100414.00001337@unknown>
In-Reply-To: <b00af7629882898955625ffc3152cb53@krypnos.net>
References:  <b00af7629882898955625ffc3152cb53@krypnos.net>

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On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:32:52 -0600
<me@kmwhite.net> wrote:

> I've installed FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE on a Dell Latitude E6410. Most
> hardware works just fine, but I'm having a hell of a time with the
> wifi. Everytime I try to associate with an access point, my terminal
> replies with:
> 
> jarvis# wpa_supplicant -i iwn0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> ioctl[SIOCG80211, op 98, len 32]: Invalid argument
> Failed to initialize driver interface
> ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=4 eloop_data=0x28406140   
> user_data=0x2840d040 handler=0x8069f70

I'm sure it's not the cause of the problem, but shouldn't you be
running wpa_supplicant on the wlan0 interface, not the underlying iwn0?

-- 
Bruce Cran



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