Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:39:34 +0800 From: Yue Wu <vanopen@gmail.com> To: ml-freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Error produced by static ip setting: ifconfig: inet: bad value Message-ID: <20110131133934.GA1367@fbsd.t60.cpu> In-Reply-To: <20110131125729.GA5163@fbsd.t60.cpu> References: <20110131125729.GA5163@fbsd.t60.cpu>
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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?
--
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
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