Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:02:05 -0500 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Mac Mason <mac@cs.hmc.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best way to handle network interfaces on a laptop? Message-ID: <c3daf69fc77a17c690645a974830149f@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20050329225603.GA9322@turing.cs.hmc.edu> References: <20050329225603.GA9322@turing.cs.hmc.edu>
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On Mar 29, 2005, at 5:56 PM, Mac Mason wrote: > Specifically, much of the use of this machine is in unwired sorts of > places, where I want to use the wi0 interface and not the xl0 > interface. > > If I don't have xl0 in /etc/rc.conf, and then dhclient wi0, it works > fine. > > If I do have xl0 in rc.conf, I can't figure out how to make wi0 route > things if it isn't plugged into a wire. Try: route delete default route add default IP_of_wireless_NIC It may be that deleting the default route first, before you grab a lease via "dhclient wi0" would also set up a new default route for you... -- -Chuck
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