Re: Just obtained a wireless NIC

[Petr Janda <elekktretterr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sephe,
Thanks for the reply. I got it working.

In regards to rc.conf are there any examples on how to put SSID, WEP 
key, etc into rc.conf?

Im actually using wpa_supplicant and it was a breeze. Perhaps the 
simplest way to make wpa_supplicant daemon start during boot would be by 
putting it in rc.local I guess? Though a standalone rc script would be 
nice. Are there any plans?

Another quesiton. Is it possible to get above 48Mbps? This card should 
do 54Mbps I believe.

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media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/48Mbps)
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Petr


Sepherosa Ziehau wrote:
> On 8/22/06, Petr Janda <elekktretterr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It uses the acx111 chip. I read the acx, acxcontrol manpages but some
> > stuff I dont understand.
> >
> > 1) Loading firmware produces no output
>
> After load the firmware, run:
> ifconfig acx0 up
>
> You can scan APs by:
> ifconfig acx0 scan
> (given you have run ifconfig acx0 up)
>
> > 2) How to change channels?
>
> ifconfig acx0 channel x
> normally it is not necessary.
>
> > 3) Where does all the configuration go so its saved for next reboot?
>
> put it in /etc/rc.conf
>
> Cheers,
> sephe