ifconfig, wifi, and DHCP

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On Monday 17 March 2008 16:22:36 Brooks Davis wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 07:05:20PM +0000, Alphons Fonz van Werven wrote:
> > knowtree at aloha.com wrote:
> >> ifconfig_wi0="dhcp ssid Oz"
> >



you could try this

ifconfig_wi0="DHCP"

and create a [/usr/local]/etc/dhclient.conf

interface wi0 {
ssid Oz;
}




> > [snip]
> >
> >> Can I use this quoted phrase when I invoke ifconfig manually? I see ssid
> >> documented on the man page for ifconfig, but not dhcp.
> >
> > It's not ifconfig that calls DHCP, it's the network startup script
> > /etc/rc.d/netif. It's also this script that reads rc.conf,  not ifconfig.
> >
> > You can either call that script (which will call ifconfig AND DHCP for
> > you) or call BOTH ifconfig and DHCP manually.
> >
> > In the former case:
> > # /etc/rc.d/netif start
> > should bring up the network.
> >
> > In the latter case:
> > # ifconfig wi0 up
> > should bring up the network,
> > # ifconfig wi0 ssid Oz (plus any additional arguments)
> > should get you associated to the network and then
> > # dhclient wi0
> > should get you an IP address.
> >
> > The ifconfig invokations can usually be combined into one, but if you
> > don't call the netif script you'll have to invoke DHCP manually.
>
> In theory dhclient shouldn't need to be called manually.  The fact that
> it appears to be needed indicates that the wi driver fails to set it's
> link state correctly and thus to pass information up to devd which would
> start dhclient.
>
> -- Brooks

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