From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 7 20:31:06 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6A2A16A41C for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:31:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7071443D53 for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:31:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j67KV4V1006200; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 13:31:04 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id j67KV466006194; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 13:31:04 -0700 Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 13:31:04 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: hartzell@alerce.com Message-ID: <20050707203104.GA19953@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <42CA4263.9080409@locolomo.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050705220015.029fa770@mail.nerdshack.com> <20050707164922.GA15353@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <17101.35348.786372.569906@satchel.alerce.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <17101.35348.786372.569906@satchel.alerce.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu Cc: Rob B , Erik =?iso-8859-1?Q?N=F8rgaard?= , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dhclient.conf for ath wireless X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 20:31:06 -0000 --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 01:01:24PM -0700, George Hartzell wrote: > Brooks Davis writes: > > [...] > > The correct method is to just add: > >=20 > > ifconfig_ath0=3D"ssid MYAP mode 11g DHCP" > >=20 > > to /etc/rc.conf. With exception of devices that load firmware, you > > probably do not need /etc/start_if.* these days. >=20 > Don't you also have to add ath0 to removable_interfaces in > /etc/rc.conf? If it's removable, yes. > On a related note, setting the ssid, the wireless net I use is Alerce > Wireless, which I double quote on the command line, in > /etc/start_if.wi0, and historically in dhclient.conf. I can't seem to > find a way to escape it in the /etc/rc.conf line that doesn't just end > up with the ssid being "Alerce \"Alerce or ''Alerce or..... (on > -CURRENT as of a few days ago). I'll have to take a look at that. I'm not sure what the solution will be. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCzZEGXY6L6fI4GtQRAlw6AKDS/jxvsBRowggGB5O+pR01yK4H0QCcDJPE LBY49WshAs74oQcxxPjZ1uM= =ypJw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o--