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Date:      Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:54:02 +0100
From:      "Leslie Jensen" <leslie@eskk.nu>
To:        "Colin Brace" <cb@lim.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: can't bring ath0 up
Message-ID:  <e92037e5fdcddbc50a4c003c01b27f41.squirrel@www.eskk.nu>
In-Reply-To: <27734134.post@talk.nabble.com>
References:  <27734134.post@talk.nabble.com>

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>
> Hi all,
>
> I have just upgrade my FreeBSD server from 7 to 8. Everything seems to be
> working OK, except the Atheros-based wireless network card, which I had
> configured as an access point and which worked fine under 7 for several
> years.
>
> The command:
>
> # ifconfig ath0 up
>
> works fine, but anything else returns an error message. For example:
>
> # ifconfig ath0 192.168.3.1
> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): Invalid argument
>
> or this, copied & pasted directly from the FreeBSD Handbook:
>
> # ifconfig ath0 ssid freebsdap mode 11g mediaopt hostap inet 192.168.0.1
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument
>
> Any ideas on what is going on here?
>
> -----
>   Colin Brace
>   Amsterdam
>   http://lim.nl
> --

If it's a wireless you need to set wlan0 as described in the handbook.
This is new from version 8.

/Leslie








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