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Date:      Mon, 23 May 2005 23:16:06 +0200
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        Beecher Rintoul <alaskabeech@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: WIFI DHCP
Message-ID:  <20050523211606.GB11447@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20050523205202.54564.qmail@web50402.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20050523205202.54564.qmail@web50402.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 01:52:01PM -0700, Beecher Rintoul wrote:

> I would like to use a wireless card as my primary internet connection.
> I have read the manual and see nothing mentioned about setting up the
> card to use DHCP.=20

Then you've looked in the wrong place. :-)

>I do not have a static ip on the access point I'm
> connecting to. How do I set the card to use DHCP?

Look at section 23.5 (Automatic Network Configuration). In short:
- make sure that "device bpf" is in the kernel (it is in GENERIC)
- edit /etc/rc.conf to put the interface in DHCP: 'ifconfig_XXX=3D"DHCP"'
  where XXX is the name of your wireless card.

Roland
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