Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 21:59:50 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org> To: pete@ns.altadena.net Cc: jlp@softhome.net, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: if_wi with dhclient problem Message-ID: <20020315.215950.84650258.imp@village.org> In-Reply-To: <200203150034.g2F0Ypc49439@ns.altadena.net> References: <20020314174748.C637F422E2@mail.flipdog.com> <200203150034.g2F0Ypc49439@ns.altadena.net>
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Pete Carah <pete@ns.altadena.net> writes:
: > Just curious... you said you had an fxp0 in this machine.
: >
: > Try "ifconfig fxp0 down" before doing the "dhclient wi0".
:
: This has never been needed before last week. It apparently is needed
: if I use IPX but I don't. And, adding an IP address (*any* IP addr)
: to the wi0 before dhclient makes it work even without downing the
: fxp. I think there is a (new) feature to if_wi that won't send any IP
: packet if it doesn't have an address yet.
:
: (The other case where downing the fxp has been needed is if it had an
: address and default route before inserting the wireless card. However
: that isn't the case here either; I'm starting from a fresh boot).
Since ifconfig fxp0 down fixes this problem for me, I doubt it is a wi
driver problem. I suspect that it is an intended side effect of some
more restrictive checking that's done in the network layer.
Warner
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