Re: urtwn: ioctl[SIOCS80211, op=16, arg_len=0]: Invalid argument

On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 09:27:09AM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
A> I'm trying to setup Asus USB-N10 nano wireless
A> adapter. I get:
A> 
A> urtwn0: <vendor 0x0b05 product 0x17ba,
A>  class 0/0, rev 2.00/2.00, addr 1> on usbus0
A> urtwn0: MAC/BB RTL8188CUS, RF 6052 1T1R
A> 
A> urtwn0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
A>         ether 1c:87:2c:c7:c2:6e
A>         nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
A>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
A>         status: no carrier
A> 
A> # wpa_supplicant -i urtwn0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
A> Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
A> ioctl[SIOCS80211, op=16, arg_len=0]: Invalid argument
A> urtwn0: Failed to initialize driver interface
A> ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=4 eloop_data=0x801c11600
A>  user_data=0x801c2c100 handler=0x422dd0     
A> 
A> # cat /boot/loader.conf
A> kern.vty=vt
A> linux_load="YES"
A> #cuse4bsd_load="YES"
A> if_urtwn_load="YES"
A> legal.realtek.license_ack=1
A> 
A> # uname -a
A> FreeBSD rat 11.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT #1 r286741:
A>  Thu Aug 13 22:13:28 BST 2015
A>   root_at_rat:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64

You need to create a wlan(4) interface and run wpa_supplicant on it.

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-wireless.html

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