A `sudo ifconfig iwn0 scan' works but only if the device is disconnected. Is this expected behavior? Is this specific to my card? Am I interpreting the results correctly?
I'd like to be able to see other networks while remaining connected. These are the results I am interpreting: $ sudo ifconfig iwn0 scan iwn0: flags=28843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NOINET6> mtu 1500 lladdr 84:3a:4b:0a:ae:80 priority: 4 groups: wlan egress media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (OFDM54 mode 11g) status: active ieee80211: nwid ComHem<AAAAAA> chan 1 bssid a0:21:b7:e8:2c:29 212dB wpakey 0xdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeef wpaprotos wpa1,wpa2 wpaakms psk wpaciphers tkip,ccmp wpagroupcipher tkip inet 192.168.0.13 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 $ sudo ifconfig iwn0 -wpakey $ sudo ifconfig iwn0 scan iwn0: flags=28843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NOINET6> mtu 1500 lladdr 84:3a:4b:0a:ae:80 priority: 4 groups: wlan egress media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (OFDM54) status: no network ieee80211: nwid ComHem<E9E964> nwid dlink chan 6 bssid 00:1c:f0:84:01:f0 171dB 54M short_preamble,short_slottime [ ... and so on ... ] pcidump and dmesg below. Want anything else? $ sudo pcidump -vv 3:0:0 3:0:0: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 0x0000: Vendor ID: 8086 Product ID: 0085 0x0004: Command: 0006 Status: 0010 0x0008: Class: 02 Subclass: 80 Interface: 00 Revision: 96 0x000c: BIST: 00 Header Type: 00 Latency Timer: 00 Cache Line Size: 10 0x0010: BAR mem 64bit addr: 0x00000000f0c00000/0x00002000 0x0018: BAR empty (00000000) 0x001c: BAR empty (00000000) 0x0020: BAR empty (00000000) 0x0024: BAR empty (00000000) 0x0028: Cardbus CIS: 00000000 0x002c: Subsystem Vendor ID: 8086 Product ID: c220 0x0030: Expansion ROM Base Address: 00000000 0x0038: 00000000 0x003c: Interrupt Pin: 01 Line: 0a Min Gnt: 00 Max Lat: 00 0x00c8: Capability 0x01: Power Management 0x00d0: Capability 0x05: Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) 0x00e0: Capability 0x10: PCI Express Link Speed: 2.5 / 2.5 GT/s Link Width: x1 / x1 $ dmesg OpenBSD 5.6 (GENERIC.MP) #320: Mon Aug 4 23:46:51 MDT 2014 dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP real mem = 8255762432 (7873MB) avail mem = 8027209728 (7655MB) mpath0 at root scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.7 @ 0xdae9d000 (71 entries) bios0: vendor LENOVO version "G6ET93WW (2.53 )" date 02/04/2013 bios0: LENOVO 3444CUU acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SLIC TCPA SSDT SSDT SSDT HPET APIC MCFG ECDT FPDT ASF! UEFI UEFI MSDM SSDT SSDT UEFI SSDT DBG2 acpi0: wakeup devices LID_(S4) SLPB(S3) IGBE(S4) EXP2(S4) XHCI(S3) EHC1(S3) EHC2(S3) HDEF(S4) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3667U CPU @ 2.00GHz, 1896.03 MHz cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,SMEP,ERMS cpu0: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 10 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges cpu0: apic clock running at 99MHz cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.1.1.2, IBE cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3667U CPU @ 2.00GHz, 1895.70 MHz cpu1: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,SMEP,ERMS cpu1: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache cpu1: smt 1, core 0, package 0 cpu2 at mainbus0: apid 2 (application processor) cpu2: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3667U CPU @ 2.00GHz, 1895.70 MHz cpu2: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,SMEP,ERMS cpu2: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache cpu2: smt 0, core 1, package 0 cpu3 at mainbus0: apid 3 (application processor) cpu3: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3667U CPU @ 2.00GHz, 1895.70 MHz cpu3: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,AES,XSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC,FSGSBASE,SMEP,ERMS cpu3: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache cpu3: smt 1, core 1, package 0 ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xf8000000, bus 0-63 acpiec0 at acpi0 acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG_) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 2 (EXP1) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 3 (EXP2) acpicpu0 at acpi0: C2, C1, PSS acpicpu1 at acpi0: C2, C1, PSS acpicpu2 at acpi0: C2, C1, PSS acpicpu3 at acpi0: C2, C1, PSS acpipwrres0 at acpi0: PUBS, resource for XHCI, EHC1, EHC2 acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 200 degC acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID_ acpibtn1 at acpi0: SLPB acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "45N1071" serial 1475 type LiP oem "SMP" acpibat1 at acpi0: BAT1 not present acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online acpithinkpad0 at acpi0 cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 1896 MHz: speeds: 2001, 2000, 1900, 1800, 1700, 1600, 1500, 1400, 1300, 1200, 1100, 1000, 900, 800 MHz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0 pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Core 3G Host" rev 0x09 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel HD Graphics 4000" rev 0x09 intagp at vga1 not configured inteldrm0 at vga1 drm0 at inteldrm0 drm: Memory usable by graphics device = 2048M inteldrm0: 1600x900 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (std, vt100 emulation) "Intel 7 Series MEI" rev 0x04 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 not configured puc0 at pci0 dev 22 function 3 "Intel 7 Series KT" rev 0x04: ports: 1 com com4 at puc0 port 0 apic 2 int 19: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo com4: probed fifo depth: 0 bytes ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 7 Series USB" rev 0x04: apic 2 int 16 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 7 Series HD Audio" rev 0x04: msi azalia0: codecs: Realtek ALC269, Intel/0x2806, using Realtek ALC269 audio0 at azalia0 ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 7 Series PCIE" rev 0xc4: msi pci1 at ppb0 bus 2 sdhc0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Ricoh 5U823 SD/MMC" rev 0x04: apic 2 int 16 sdmmc0 at sdhc0 ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 7 Series PCIE" rev 0xc4: msi pci2 at ppb1 bus 3 iwn0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205" rev 0x96: msi, MIMO 2T2R, MoW, address 84:3a:4b:0a:ae:80 ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 7 Series USB" rev 0x04: apic 2 int 23 usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 vendor "Intel", unknown product 0x1e56 rev 0x04 ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 7 Series AHCI" rev 0x04: msi, AHCI 1.3 scsibus1 at ahci0: 32 targets sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, INTEL SSDSCMMW24, LE9i> SCSI3 0/direct fixed naa.5001517803db5380 sd0: 228936MB, 512 bytes/sector, 468862128 sectors, thin ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 7 Series SMBus" rev 0x04: apic 2 int 18 iic0 at ichiic0 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 uhub2 at uhub0 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 ugen0 at uhub2 port 3 "Auth Biometric Coprocessor" rev 1.10/0.01 addr 3 ugen1 at uhub2 port 4 "Broadcom Corp BCM20702A0" rev 2.00/1.12 addr 4 uvideo0 at uhub2 port 6 configuration 1 interface 0 "SunplusIT INC. Integrated Camera" rev 2.00/36.22 addr 5 video0 at uvideo0 uhub3 at uhub1 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 uhidev0 at uhub3 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "eGalax Inc. eGalaxTouch EXC7903-66v03_T1" rev 2.00/66.03 addr 3 uhidev0: iclass 3/1, 7 report ids uhid0 at uhidev0 reportid 1: input=5, output=0, feature=0 uhid1 at uhidev0 reportid 3: input=63, output=63, feature=0 uhid2 at uhidev0 reportid 5: input=0, output=0, feature=2 ums0 at uhidev0 reportid 6: 1 button, tip wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0 ums1 at uhidev0 reportid 7 ums1: mouse has no X report vscsi0 at root scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus3 at softraid0: 256 targets softraid0: sd1 was not shutdown properly sd1 at scsibus3 targ 1 lun 0: <OPENBSD, SR CRYPTO, 005> SCSI2 0/direct fixed sd1: 227906MB, 512 bytes/sector, 466751982 sectors root on sd1a (a1a57dffe6790454.a) swap on sd1b dump on sd1b WARNING: / was not properly unmounted arpresolve: 172.20.10.1: route without link local address arpresolve: 172.20.10.1: route without link local address arpresolve: 172.20.10.1: route without link local address arpresolve: 172.20.10.1: route without link local address arpresolve: 172.20.10.1: route without link local address arpresolve: 172.20.10.1: route without link local address uhid0 detached uhid1 detached uhid2 detached wsmouse1: can't attach mux (error=5) wsmouse1 detached ums0 detached ums1 detached uhidev0 detached ugen0 detached ugen1 detached video0 detached uvideo0 detached uhub2 detached uhub0 detached uhub3 detached uhub1 detached uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 uhub2 at uhub0 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 ugen0 at uhub2 port 3 "Auth Biometric Coprocessor" rev 1.10/0.01 addr 3 ugen1 at uhub2 port 4 "Broadcom Corp BCM20702A0" rev 2.00/1.12 addr 4 uvideo0 at uhub2 port 6 configuration 1 interface 0 "SunplusIT INC. Integrated Camera" rev 2.00/36.22 addr 5 video0 at uvideo0 uhub3 at uhub1 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 uhidev0 at uhub3 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "eGalax Inc. eGalaxTouch EXC7903-66v03_T1" rev 2.00/66.03 addr 3 uhidev0: iclass 3/1, 7 report ids uhid0 at uhidev0 reportid 1: input=5, output=0, feature=0 uhid1 at uhidev0 reportid 3: input=63, output=63, feature=0 uhid2 at uhidev0 reportid 5: input=0, output=0, feature=2 ums0 at uhidev0 reportid 6: 1 button, tip wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0 ums1 at uhidev0 reportid 7 ums1: mouse has no X report uhid0 detached uhid1 detached uhid2 detached wsmouse1 detached ums0 detached ums1 detached uhidev0 detached ugen0 detached ugen1 detached video0 detached uvideo0 detached uhub2 detached uhub0 detached uhub3 detached uhub1 detached uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 uhub2 at uhub0 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 arpresolve: 192.168.0.1: route without link local address ugen0 at uhub2 port 3 "Auth Biometric Coprocessor" rev 1.10/0.01 addr 3 arpresolve: 192.168.0.1: route without link local address arpresolve: 192.168.0.1: route without link local address arpresolve: 192.168.0.1: route without link local address ugen1 at uhub2 port 4 "Broadcom Corp BCM20702A0" rev 2.00/1.12 addr 4 arpresolve: 192.168.0.1: route without link local address uvideo0 at uhub2 port 6 configuration 1 interface 0 "SunplusIT INC. Integrated Camera" rev 2.00/36.22 addr 5 video0 at uvideo0 arpresolve: 192.168.0.1: route without link local address uhub3 at uhub1 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 arpresolve: 192.168.0.1: route without link local address arpresolve: 192.168.0.1: route without link local address arpresolve: 192.168.0.1: route without link local address uhidev0 at uhub3 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "eGalax Inc. eGalaxTouch EXC7903-66v03_T1" rev 2.00/66.03 addr 3 uhidev0: iclass 3/1, 7 report ids uhid0 at uhidev0 reportid 1: input=5, output=0, feature=0 uhid1 at uhidev0 reportid 3: input=63, output=63, feature=0 uhid2 at uhidev0 reportid 5: input=0, output=0, feature=2 ums0 at uhidev0 reportid 6: 1 button, tip wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0 ums1 at uhidev0 reportid 7 ums1: mouse has no X report arpresolve: 192.168.0.1: route without link local address rtrequest1 RTM_RESOLVE: wrong ifa (0xffff800000ccc800) was (0xffff800000bd2000) uhid0 detached uhid1 detached uhid2 detached wsmouse1 detached ums0 detached ums1 detached uhidev0 detached ugen0 detached ugen1 detached video0 detached uvideo0 detached uhub2 detached uhub0 detached uhub3 detached uhub1 detached uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 uhub2 at uhub0 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 ugen0 at uhub2 port 3 "Auth Biometric Coprocessor" rev 1.10/0.01 addr 3 ugen1 at uhub2 port 4 "Broadcom Corp BCM20702A0" rev 2.00/1.12 addr 4 uvideo0 at uhub2 port 6 configuration 1 interface 0 "SunplusIT INC. Integrated Camera" rev 2.00/36.22 addr 5 video0 at uvideo0 uhub3 at uhub1 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 uhidev0 at uhub3 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "eGalax Inc. eGalaxTouch EXC7903-66v03_T1" rev 2.00/66.03 addr 3 uhidev0: iclass 3/1, 7 report ids uhid0 at uhidev0 reportid 1: input=5, output=0, feature=0 uhid1 at uhidev0 reportid 3: input=63, output=63, feature=0 uhid2 at uhidev0 reportid 5: input=0, output=0, feature=2 ums0 at uhidev0 reportid 6: 1 button, tip wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0 ums1 at uhidev0 reportid 7 ums1: mouse has no X report uhid0 detached uhid1 detached uhid2 detached wsmouse1 detached ums0 detached ums1 detached uhidev0 detached ugen0 detached ugen1 detached video0 detached uvideo0 detached uhub2 detached uhub0 detached uhub3 detached uhub1 detached uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 uhub2 at uhub0 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 ugen0 at uhub2 port 3 "Auth Biometric Coprocessor" rev 1.10/0.01 addr 3 ugen1 at uhub2 port 4 "Broadcom Corp BCM20702A0" rev 2.00/1.12 addr 4 uvideo0 at uhub2 port 6 configuration 1 interface 0 "SunplusIT INC. Integrated Camera" rev 2.00/36.22 addr 5 video0 at uvideo0 uhub3 at uhub1 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 uhidev0 at uhub3 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "eGalax Inc. eGalaxTouch EXC7903-66v03_T1" rev 2.00/66.03 addr 3 uhidev0: iclass 3/1, 7 report ids uhid0 at uhidev0 reportid 1: input=5, output=0, feature=0 uhid1 at uhidev0 reportid 3: input=63, output=63, feature=0 uhid2 at uhidev0 reportid 5: input=0, output=0, feature=2 ums0 at uhidev0 reportid 6: 1 button, tip wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0 ums1 at uhidev0 reportid 7 ums1: mouse has no X report uhid0 detached uhid1 detached uhid2 detached wsmouse1: can't attach mux (error=5) wsmouse1 detached ums0 detached ums1 detached uhidev0 detached ugen0 detached ugen1 detached video0 detached uvideo0 detached uhub2 detached uhub0 detached uhub3 detached uhub1 detached uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 uhub2 at uhub0 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 ugen0 at uhub2 port 3 "Auth Biometric Coprocessor" rev 1.10/0.01 addr 3 ugen1 at uhub2 port 4 "Broadcom Corp BCM20702A0" rev 2.00/1.12 addr 4 uvideo0 at uhub2 port 6 configuration 1 interface 0 "SunplusIT INC. Integrated Camera" rev 2.00/36.22 addr 5 video0 at uvideo0 uhub3 at uhub1 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 uhidev0 at uhub3 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "eGalax Inc. eGalaxTouch EXC7903-66v03_T1" rev 2.00/66.03 addr 3 uhidev0: iclass 3/1, 7 report ids uhid0 at uhidev0 reportid 1: input=5, output=0, feature=0 uhid1 at uhidev0 reportid 3: input=63, output=63, feature=0 uhid2 at uhidev0 reportid 5: input=0, output=0, feature=2 ums0 at uhidev0 reportid 6: 1 button, tip wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0 ums1 at uhidev0 reportid 7 ums1: mouse has no X report