Error produced by static ip setting: ifconfig: inet: bad value

[Yue Wu]

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 08:57:29PM +0800, Yue Wu wrote:
> List,
> 
> Hi.
> 
> I use following setting for my wireless networking enviroment:
> 
>     ifconfig_wlan0="mode 11g bssid my:bssid wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:0x1111111111 DHCP"
> 
> But I don't like DHCP and want to use static ip, so I tried:
> 
>     ifconfig_wlan0="mode 11g bssid my:bssid wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:0x1111111111 inet 192.168.1.144  netmask 255.255.255.0"
> 
> But the setting makes BSD networking not working anymore, and when the
> system starts up, there's an error message:
> 
>     ifconfig: inet: bad value
> 
> What's wrong? How to use static ip in my wireless networking?
> 

The setting:

    ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.1.111 netmask 255.255.255.0 mode 11g bssid my:ssid wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:0x1111111111"

works for me, don't know why, maybe the inet string must be put at
the head of the value?

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Regards,
Yue Wu

Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicines
Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine
China Pharmaceutical University
No.24, Tongjia Xiang Street, Nanjing 210009, China