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Date:      Thu, 5 Jan 2006 18:15:20 -0800
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        JK <jdkullmann@aliencamel.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 5.4 / 6.0  wi0 and dhcp with closed network
Message-ID:  <20060106021520.GG31301@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <web-20083515@aliencamel.com>
References:  <web-20075673@aliencamel.com> <web-20083515@aliencamel.com>

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On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 04:04:57PM -0400, JK wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:05:10 -0400
>  "JK" <jdkullmann@aliencamel.com> wrote:
> >I cannot get this to work at startup time on 5.4
> >
> >On 6.0 I put  ifconfig_wi0=3D"ssid mynet DHCP" into /etc/rc.conf and=20
> >that works.  I end up on the closed 'mynet' network via a DHCP=20
> >address.
> >
> >On 5.4 neither that line nor other combinations in /etc/rc.conf of
> >
> >ifconfig_wi0=3D"DHCP"
> >ifconfig_wi0=3D"ssid mynet"
> >dhclient wi0
> >
> >work.  I _can_ get up on 5.4 by booting and then manually doing
> >
> >ifconfig wi0 ssid mynet
> >dhclient wi0
> >
> >After dhclient receives the IP etc from the server the machine is up=20
> >fine.
> >
> >How in the world do I do this in /etc/rc.conf ( or other files ) on=20
> >5.4 so it works automatically at startup time?
> >_____________________________________
>=20
> Following myself up,   the only way I could get this to work in 5.4 at=20
> startup time was to create a  /etc/start_if.wi0 that contained
>=20
> ifconfig wi0 ssid mynet
> dhclient wi0
>=20
> and not put any ifconfig_XX commands into my /etc/rc.conf
>=20
> That seems pretty cheesey to me but it works.  If anyone else has a=20
> cleaner way I'd love to know what it is.

/etc/start_if.* is the only option in 5.4.  It is indeed lame, that's
why I wrote the better support in 6.0.  You should be able to set
ifconfig_XX=3D"DHCP" instead of running dhclient manually though.

-- Brooks

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