From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 23 21:16:09 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1009C16A41C for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 21:16:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80E3443D1F for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 21:16:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j4NLG7B9031024; Mon, 23 May 2005 23:16:07 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E5FD2617A; Mon, 23 May 2005 23:16:06 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 23:16:06 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Beecher Rintoul Message-ID: <20050523211606.GB11447@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Beecher Rintoul , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20050523205202.54564.qmail@web50402.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Bn2rw/3z4jIqBvZU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050523205202.54564.qmail@web50402.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WIFI DHCP X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 21:16:09 -0000 --Bn2rw/3z4jIqBvZU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --=20 R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt --Bn2rw/3z4jIqBvZU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCkkgWEnfvsMMhpyURAt19AJ9lTA2Ln6mszUQ4KiPVlA3JRpem4wCaAhNl GG0Ci/iQYOHV73v0lRAk2T8= =DYDF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Bn2rw/3z4jIqBvZU--