wlan0 rc.conf setup does not assign static ip on 8.2-STABLE

[Kevin Oberman]

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Martes G Wigglesworth
<mailinglistmember at mgwigglesworth.net> wrote:
>
> The system has been giving me some issues with the ifconfig commands after
> an unstable world upgrade from 8.1-PRERELEASE.
>
> However, after re-installing the kernel all commands result in the
> appropriate functionality, except for wlan0 devices being assigned their
> static ip address from the rc.conf script.
>
> The device becomes active, and registers as an access point, when using
> hostap mode, having the
> desired ssid, however, no IP address is ever issues during the rc.conf
> setup process.
>
> Example:
> (with hostapd activated on boot)
> wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>  metric 0 mtu 1500
>        ether 00:1b:2f:37:02:46
>        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g<hostap>
>        status: running
>        ssid wireless2 channel 1 (2412 MHz 11g) bssid 00:1b:2f:37:02:46
>        country US ecm authmode WPA privacy MIXED deftxkey 2
>        AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM 3:128-bit txpower 23 scanvalid 60
>        protmode CTS wme burst dtimperiod 1 -dfs
>
> (without hostapd activated on boot)
> wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>  metric 0 mtu 1500
>        ether 00:1b:2f:37:02:46
>        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g<hostap>
>        status: running
>        ssid wrouter0 channel 1 (2412 MHz 11g) bssid 00:1b:2f:37:02:46
>        country US ecm authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 23 scanvalid 60
>        protmode CTS wme burst dtimperiod 1 -dfs
>
> rc.conf section for this device is as follows:
>
> wlans_ath0="wlan0"
> create_args_wlan0="wlanmode hostap"
> ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.200.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 ssid " "
> mode 54g channel 1"
>
>
> However, all works perfectly, if I simply assign the intended ip address
> to the wlan0 device.
>
> Any input on this?

The first thing I noticed was the multiple quotation marks and the
incorrect mode.
Does it work better as:
ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.200.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 ssid wrouter0
mode 11g channel 1"
or, to make it cleaner:
ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.200.1/16 ssid wrouter0 mode 11g channel 1"

Will the AP be routed or bridged? If it is bridged, there is no need
for it to have an address.
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer - Retired
E-mail: kob6558 at gmail.com