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diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/_index.adoc index 9b02c75cfc..cce30cfc4a 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/_index.adoc @@ -2444,7 +2444,15 @@ This is needed because otherwise the driver is not loaded yet at the time the ma In this example, the Ethernet interface, _re0_, is the master and the wireless interface, _wlan0_, is the failover. The _wlan0_ interface was created from the _ath0_ physical wireless interface, and the Ethernet interface will be configured with the MAC address of the wireless interface. -First, determine the MAC address of the wireless interface: +First, bring the wireless interface up (replacing _FR_ with your own 2-letter country code), but do not set an IP address. +Replace _wlan0_ to match the system's wireless interface name: + +[source,shell] +.... +# ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 country FR ssid my_router up +.... + +Now you can determine the MAC address of the wireless interface: [source,shell] .... @@ -2462,22 +2470,14 @@ wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> .... -Replace _wlan0_ to match the system's wireless interface name. The `ether` line will contain the MAC address of the specified interface. -Now, change the MAC address of the Ethernet interface: +Now, change the MAC address of the Ethernet interface to match: [source,shell] .... # ifconfig re0 ether b8:ee:65:5b:32:59 .... -Bring the wireless interface up (replacing _FR_ with your own 2-letter country code), but do not set an IP address: - -[source,shell] -.... -# ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 country FR ssid my_router up -.... - Make sure the _re0_ interface is up, then create the man:lagg[4] interface with _re0_ as master with failover to _wlan0_: [source,shell] |