On Sun, 28 Aug 2011, Paul Beard wrote:
On Aug 28, 2011, at 3:17 PM, Warren Block wrote:
In 8.x, a virtual wlan0 device is created to speak to the actual device, ath0
in this case. It's normal.
Maybe I'm just confused by normality. I guess what would help in the
Handbook, if nowhere else, is the *full* output of ifconfig(8) for
purposes of comparison and elucidation. I see it called with just one
interface but unless you're on the console, it's likely you're adding
the wlan interface to an existing wired interface. And at the risk of
stating the obvious, there has to be a wired interface for it to
actually work as an access point, no?
I can only speculate why that's not shown, and I'd guess it's feared
that it would further confuse the reader.
IMO, the wireless section is already so stuffed full of detail that it
obscures the basics. In fairness, it's a complicated topic. But I'd
much rather see a simple setup for the 80% use case followed by another
section with all the grimy details that most people won't need. That's
why I did this: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/wireless.html
I haven't really had the hardware (PCI to mini-PCIe adapter, or PCI
802.11g card) to try a FreeBSD hostap. Now that I think about it, I
guess it could be done on a notebook. I'll add that to my list of
"things that I should do unless someone else does it first."
Seeing what the pfsense.org guys do for AP setup might be helpful.
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