"ifconfig wpi0 list scan" - ?

[Iain Hibbert]

Hi,
With a Thinkpad T60 running 5.0_RC2 from yesterday, I am failing to get
any response running

# ifconfig wpi0 list scan

it just sits there doing nothing until ^C. I tried a PCMCIA wi(4) card[1]
with much the same results, whereas "wiconfig -D wi0" produced an access
point.

is "list scan" the same thing as "-D" ?

The wpi0 device seems to function otherwise[2], I accessed a hidden
station that I knew the SSID for last week and copied plenty of files over
from old laptop using it.

anybody got wireless?

iain

[1] needed RBUS_IO_BASE=0x0a00 to function

[2] loses the connection after some period of idleness

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[Roy Marples]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:57:39 +0000 (GMT), Iain Hibbert

Post by Iain Hibbert
# ifconfig wpi0 list scan
it just sits there doing nothing until ^C.

I see this on -current with iwi0.

Post by Iain Hibbert
I tried a PCMCIA wi(4) card[1]
with much the same results, whereas "wiconfig -D wi0" produced an access
point.

I get this instead
scanning ............wiconfig: ioctl: Operation now in progress

Thanks

Roy

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[Steven M. Bellovin]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:17:33 +0000

Post by Roy Marples
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:57:39 +0000 (GMT), Iain Hibbert

Post by Iain Hibbert
# ifconfig wpi0 list scan
it just sits there doing nothing until ^C.

I see this on -current with iwi0.

Post by Iain Hibbert
I tried a PCMCIA wi(4) card[1]
with much the same results, whereas "wiconfig -D wi0" produced an
access point.

I get this instead
scanning ............wiconfig: ioctl: Operation now in progress

I've never gotten 'list scan' to do anything useful. Exactly what
happens tends to vary. On rare occasions, I get the access point list
I'm looking for, but not very often.

--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

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[Leonardo Taccari]

Hello Iain, Roy and Steven,

Post by Steven M. Bellovin
I've never gotten 'list scan' to do anything useful. Exactly what
happens tends to vary. On rare occasions, I get the access point list
I'm looking for, but not very often.

I've got the same problem with a ath(4) device (I run NetBSD 5.0_BETA)
on a Eee PC 900.

As a workaround to show access ponts I use net/kismet.


Ciao, Leonardo

[Arnaud Lacombe]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Leonardo Taccari

Post by Leonardo Taccari

Post by Steven M. Bellovin
I've never gotten 'list scan' to do anything useful. Exactly what
happens tends to vary. On rare occasions, I get the access point list
I'm looking for, but not very often.

I've got the same problem with a ath(4) device (I run NetBSD 5.0_BETA)
on a Eee PC 900.
As a workaround to show access ponts I use net/kismet.

I had the same problem until I found that wlanctl(8) was able to give
me the list of found AP. Seems that some bits are broken with wiconfig
(never tried ifconfig's "list scan").

- Arnaud

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[Izaac]

Post by Steven M. Bellovin
I've never gotten 'list scan' to do anything useful. Exactly what
happens tends to vary. On rare occasions, I get the access point list
I'm looking for, but not very often.

Likewise on the iwn in my R61. I have noticed, though, that it seems
the interface must be both up and configured with no pre-existing
ssid to have any chance of success.