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Date:      Thu, 7 Oct 2010 14:22:09 +0000
From:      Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
To:        Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: if_bwn woes
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>> ifconfig wlan0 scan results in no output and takes forever (ie - it hang=
s)
> If you set wlan0 for manual roaming it will not hang.
>
> Use 'ifconfig wlan0 list scan' instead.
That worked, thanks.

dhclient still results in no link being found.

>
>> ifconfig wlan0 ssid my_ssid
>> dhclient wlan0
>> results in no link being discovered
>>
>> Here is some relevant system config and such to help diagnose the proble=
m:
>>
>> #ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev bwn0
>>
>> #ifconfig bwn0
>> bwn0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNIN,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2=
290
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0ether xx:yy:zz:xx:yy:zz
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0media: IEEE 8.2.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0status: associated
>>
>> # cat /boot/loader.conf |head -2
>> bwn_b4_lp_ucode_load=3D"YES"
>> if_bwn_load=3D"YES"
>>
>> #kldstat |grep bwn
>> 2 1 0xc0fb6000 37248 if_bwn.ko
>> 3 2 0xc0fee000 a26c siba_bwn.ko
>> 7 1 0xc1078000 2cbd8 bwn_v4_lp_ucode
>>
>> #pciconf -lv | grep -A3 bwn
>> siba_bwn0@pci0:4:0:0: =C2=A0class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x04b514e4 chip=3D0x=
431514e4
>> rev=3D0x01 hdr=3D0x00
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 vender =3D 'Broadcom Corporation'
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 device =3D 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)'
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 class =C2=A0 =C2=A0=3D network
>>
>> #uname -rms
>> FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE i386
>>
>> On a Lenovo G530
>>
>> --
>> Eitan Adler
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