On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 07:31:34AM +0200, Lars Engels wrote: > On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 07:02:05AM +0800, Ben Woods wrote: > > Hi, > > > > FreeBSD wireless users who are upgrading to FreeBSD 11.0 will likely get a > > surprise when they try and identify which wireless adapters are available > > in their computer by using ifconfig. Neither the FreeBSD 11 release notes > > or the FreeBSD handbook currently explain this change. > > > > For example, if you have an atheros wireless driver, you would > > previously be able to see it using ifconfig, even before configuring the > > wlan0 clone device. > > > > % ifconfig | grep -B3 -i wireless > > > > > > That was changed with commit r287197: > > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=287197 > > > > The new way to show which wireless adapter is available is: > > % sysctl net.wlan.devices > > > > Whilst the configuration in /etc/rc.conf required to activate a wireless > > adapter has not changed, people may run into the hurdle of not even finding > > which wireless adapter to configure in the first place. This can be seen > > here: > > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=203271 > > > > rc.conf behaviour has changed in regard of creating lagg interaces. > > 10.x needs this (copied from the handbook [1]): > > ifconfig_bge0="up" > ifconfig_iwn0="ether 00:21:70:da:ae:37" > wlans_iwn0="wlan0" > ifconfig_wlan0="WPA" > cloned_interfaces="lagg0" > ifconfig_lagg0="laggproto failover laggport bge0 laggport wlan0 DHCP" > > > 11.x needs this: > > ifconfig_bge0="up" > wlans_iwn0="wlan0" > create_args_wlan0="ether 00:21:70:da:ae:37" # new
Small correction: create_args_wlan0="wlanaddr 00:21:70:da:ae:37"
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