Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 11:14:07 +0100 From: CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: devd wlan wpa Message-ID: <CAFYkXjkbBpeY%2B%2BTkq=ShPSU3-QgFaOcErtBVTHiUOepq4T6Nmw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello :-)
I want to setup wpa_supplicant to start after wlan0 interface gets up.
The rc.conf ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" does the job only at boot. When
I get the interface down I need to start everything by hand, which is
a bit annoying when I test a lot and need to switch between Ethernet
and WiFi interfaces very often. I have tried to write devd rule:
notify 0 {
match "system" "IFNET";
match "subsystem" "wlan[0-9]+";
match "type" "LINK_UP";
media-type "802.11";
match "device-name" "wlan[0-9]+";
action "/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -i $device-name -c
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B";
};
But there goes the chicken-egg problem - I want to run wpa_supplicant
on LINK_UP event that occurs when Media Status is "connected", but to
get that "connected" status I need to run wpa_supplicant first, so
capabilities of devd are not enough in this case, or I miss something?
Is there any distinction between LINK_UP and IF_UP?
Any hints appreciated :-)
Tomek
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CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
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