New wireless drivers committed
Daniel O'Connor
doconnor at gsoft.com.au
Wed Apr 20 22:21:33 PDT 2005
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 04:38, Damien Bergamini wrote:
> ipw(4) and iwi(4) both require firmwares to operate.
> These firmwares can't be redistributed with the base system due to
> license restrictions. See firmware licensing terms here:
> http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=4
> Ports which include the firmware images as well as the firmware loader
> are being worked on.
It seems you have to bring the interface up before SSID scanning happens, eg..
[inchoate 11:25] ~ >sudo kldload if_ipw
SSH passphrase:
[inchoate 11:25] ~ >sudo ipwcontrol -i ipw0
-f /usr/local/libdata/if_ipw/ipw2100-1.3.fw
[inchoate 11:30] ~ >/usr/bin/time sudo ifconfig ipw0 scan
0.06 real 0.02 user 0.01 sys
[inchoate 11:30] ~ >sudo ifconfig ipw0 ssid x up 1.2.3.4
[inchoate 14:45] ~ >/usr//bin/time sudo ifconfig ipw0 scan
SSID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS
00:00:00:00:00:00 9 0M 0:0 0
0... 00:07:85:92:bf:10 9 11M 10:0 100 ES WME
AP0CAE6B 00:03:2f:0c:ae:6b 6 22M 10:0 100 EB
0.11 real 0.01 user 0.00 sys
Also I expect the first entry in that list is a little bogus :)
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