Re: "ifconfig wpi0 list scan" - ?

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:17:33 +0000
Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost> wrote:

> 
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:57:39 +0000 (GMT), Iain Hibbert
> <plunky%rya-online.net@localhost> wrote:
> >   # ifconfig wpi0 list scan
> > 
> > it just sits there doing nothing until ^C.
> 
> I see this on -current with iwi0.
> 
> > 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