Re: New wireless drivers committed

From: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:51:15 +0930
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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