From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 28 11:52:14 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F935106564A for ; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:52:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leslie@eskk.nu) Received: from mail.gelita.se (212-162-182-244.skbbip.com [212.162.182.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C15D58FC0C for ; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:52:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.gelita.se (localhost.gelita.se [127.0.0.1]) by mail.gelita.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E23510E77C; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:54:08 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at troback.com Received: from mail.gelita.se ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.gelita.se (mail.gelita.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id aT8-AKO3Qdcl; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:54:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from www.eskk.nu (localhost.gelita.se [127.0.0.1]) by mail.gelita.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5087410E50A; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:54:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from 78.70.46.42 (SquirrelMail authenticated user leslie) by www.eskk.nu with HTTP; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:54:02 +0100 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <27734134.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <27734134.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:54:02 +0100 From: "Leslie Jensen" To: "Colin Brace" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.20-RC2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't bring ath0 up X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:52:14 -0000 > > 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