Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 23:20:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/30441: Can't set interface arguments for dhcp configured interfaces Message-ID: <200205140620.g4E6K3A82883@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/30441; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie>
To: Neil Bliss <nbliss@mvista.com>
Cc: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@freebsd.org>, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: conf/30441: Can't set interface arguments for dhcp configured interfaces
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 19:25:31 +0100
In message <20020513091319.G7743@dhcp117.mvista.com>, Neil Bliss writes:
>Actually, it's not anything to do with the dhcp client. What you're needing to
>be able to do here is to be able to pass any additional ifconfig arguments that
>the card will need to be able to be used. In my particular case, I'm using a
>wireless ethernet card, and I need to give it the correct ssid for it to get
>signal at ifconfig time. With the current setup, if I'd like this interface to
>use dhcp, then that's the *only* thing you can tell rc.network about this card.
dhclient.conf is actually a much more useful place to put such
commands, because dhclient can automatically cycle through different
combinations of ifconfig settings, picking the first one on which
it successfully gets a lease (thanks to Kurt Lidl for pointing this
out to me a while ago). For example, I use something like this:
interface "wi0" {
media
"wepmode on wepkey 0x0000000000",
"wepmode on wepkey 0x1111111111",
"wepmode off";
}
You can list the settings for any networks you use, and then plugging
in the card just works where ever you are.
Ian
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