From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 4 17:47:19 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-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 6653E16A41F for ; Mon, 4 Jul 2005 17:47:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (mailtest.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E7B343D48 for ; Mon, 4 Jul 2005 17:47:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 438CD8A0028 for ; Mon, 4 Jul 2005 10:47:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailtest.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 19509-01-41 for ; Mon, 4 Jul 2005 10:47:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from s9.sbo (s9.sbo [192.168.0.9]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D66448A0053 for ; Mon, 4 Jul 2005 10:47:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Freddie Cash To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 10:47:16 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 References: <200507041038.46658.fcash@ocis.net> In-Reply-To: <200507041038.46658.fcash@ocis.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200507041047.16941.fcash@ocis.net> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at sd73.bc.ca Subject: Re: Compliments to the chefs: wpa, dhcp, and rc.conf 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: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 17:47:19 -0000 On July 4, 2005 10:38 am, Freddie Cash wrote: > Just a note to say thanks to all those involved in integrating WPA > support into the base system. I used to use a custom script that did > all the ifconfig lines manually, start the supplicant, and then run > dhclient. It worked, but it wasn't nearly as smooth as plugging in a > CAT5 cable and having it all work automatically. > Since dhclient was changed and wpa_supplicant was brought into the base > system, everything now works the same for wired and wireless connections > on my laptop. My rc.conf now has an ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP" line and > an ifconfig_rl0="DHCP" line, there's a simple wpa_supplicant.conf file > in /etc. Depending on whether my wireless radio is turned on or not, I > either get a working wired connection or a working wireless connection. > No fumbling on my part needed. > Thanks to all those who worked on getting the needed bits to work > together. Guess I should have mentioned what I'm running. :) FreeBSD ember.sd73.bc.ca 6.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT #0: Fri Jul 01 11:41:09 PDT 2005 root@ember.sd73.bc.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/EMBER i386 Sources were cvsup'd just prior to the buildworld. -- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net