ZyDAS USB2.0 WLAN

fcouto

Hi. FreeBSD 8 (and pfSense 2.0 BETA, which I'm testing) includes kernel support to my ZyDAS 1211BU USB onboard adapter, but I have to issue

ifconfig wlan create wlandev zyd0

for it to be configurable. How to assign a wireless interface (wlan0) to my zyd0 device (without a rc.conf with the line wlans_zyd0="wlan0") ? Thanks.

jimp

It should be automatically creating that wlan interface, it does for ath and others.

fcouto

@jimp:

It should be automatically creating that wlan interface, it does for ath and others.

I understand your point, but this is an onboard device we have in several small boxes. In FreeBSD 8 STABLE I'm ok with the rc.conf wlans_zyd line. Shall I expect that pfSense 2.0 will provide a substitute for this rc.conf input ? May this issue move to the 2.0 BETA Feedback forum ?

jimp

No, there is no rc.conf equivalent because the code for wireless interfaces in pfSense 2.0 should be cloning the interface for you automatically when you set it up.

It's possible that the zyd interface isn't being seen as a wireless interface, but it should be. I thought the detection was automatic now (it used to be done by a hardcoded list).

It's also possible that since the zyd driver does not support hostap mode, the wireless options aren't being shown. I'm not sure if there is code in the UI to handle wireless interfaces which are outgoing-only.

fcouto

Would this possibily be solved together with bug #315 ?

jimp

Probably not, that's a different bug.

eri--

https://rcs.pfsense.org/projects/pfsense/repos/mainline/commits/094dfa1613e5831abf9e5970c78bc55ed44ee60e

fcouto

@jimp:

Probably not, that's a different bug.

Sorry jimp, I've read the bug description too fast…

@ermal:

https://rcs.pfsense.org/projects/pfsense/repos/mainline/commits/094dfa1613e5831abf9e5970c78bc55ed44ee60e

I'll update ASAP and report. Thank you both.

varazir

What I could see is the driver for that card isn't in pfsense , read my post on the problem, I was trying to use it as AP.

http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,21471.0.html

fcouto

@varazir:

What I could see is the driver for that card isn't in pfsense , read my post on the problem, I was trying to use it as AP.

This thread came from yours. zyd driver is in pfSense 2.0 (FreeBSD 8.0) kernel only. But I think you can´t use the zyd driver as AP (BSSDI).

fcouto

It worked ! Tested with 02152010 Beta snapshot. :)