[iwn]Review Split 6

[Cedric GROSS]

> De : adrian.chadd at gmail.com [mailto:adrian.chadd at gmail.com] De la part
> de Adrian Chadd
> Envoyé : lundi 12 août 2013 19:31
> À : Cedric GROSS
> Cc : freebsd-wireless at freebsd.org
> Objet : Re: [iwn]Review Split 6
> 
> How do you create the second VAP, and what's it for?
> 
#ifconfig wlan1 create wlandev iwn0

You could also have different mode, as
#ifconfig wlan1 create wlanmode monitor wlandev iwn0

But again, as current version is not stable in normal operation, I haven't
test it further.

What could be interest of this ?
Wifi relay, bridge or whatever usage of 2 wireless but only with 1 card.

> 
> 
> -adrian
> 
> On 12 August 2013 10:26, Cedric GROSS <cg at cgross.info> wrote:
> >
> >> De : adrian.chadd at gmail.com [mailto:adrian.chadd at gmail.com] De la
> >> part de Adrian Chadd Envoyé : dimanche 11 août 2013 19:09 À : Cedric
> >> GROSS Cc : freebsd-wireless at freebsd.org Objet : Re: [iwn]Review
> Split
> >> 6
> >>
> >> On 11 August 2013 10:06, Cedric GROSS <cg at cgross.info> wrote:
> >>
> >> > U1 stand for unit 1.
> >> > As you see, all function with this prefix will be call when
> unit==1
> >> > within iwn_vap_create.
> >> >
> >> > As previously, I haven't investigate a lot this side. I plan to do
> >> > so when standard run will be ok.
> >>
> >> Right. But what's going on, per se? Is it two separate NICs that
> show
> >> up as separate PCI devices? Or is this a hack so the firmware can
> >> present two virtual NICs via the firmware API?
> >>
> > Not a separate PCI device but yes ability to create 2 wlan NIC :
> >
> > iwn0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
> 2290
> >         ether 60:36:dd:93:34:56
> >         nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
> >         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng
> >         status: associated
> > wlan0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
> > metric 0 mtu 1500
> >         ether 60:36:dd:93:34:56
> >         inet 192.168.1.20 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
> >         nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
> >         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet MCS mode 11ng
> >         status: associated
> >         ssid WLenine channel 5 (2432 MHz 11g ht/20) bssid
> 00:24:d4:97:80:20
> >         country US authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF
> >         AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 15 bmiss 10 scanvalid 450 bgscan
> >         bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 64
> protmode CTS
> >         ampdulimit 64k -amsdutx amsdurx shortgi wme roaming MANUAL
> > bintval
> > 96
> > wlan1: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
> >         ether 60:36:dd:93:34:57
> >         nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
> >         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
> >         status: no carrier
> >         ssid "" channel 5 (2432 MHz 11g ht/20)
> >         country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 15 bmiss 10
> > scanvalid
> > 60
> >         bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate
> 64
> >         protmode CTS ampdulimit 8k -amsdutx amsdurx shortgi wme
> > bintval 0
> >