Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 09:49:22 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Rob B <rbyrnes@mailshack.com> Cc: Erik =?iso-8859-1?Q?N=F8rgaard?= <norgaard@locolomo.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dhclient.conf for ath wireless Message-ID: <20050707164922.GA15353@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.2.20050705220015.029fa770@mail.nerdshack.com> References: <42CA4263.9080409@locolomo.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050705220015.029fa770@mail.nerdshack.com>
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On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 10:09:22PM +1000, Rob B wrote:
> At 06:18 PM 5/07/2005, Erik N=F8rgaard wrote:
> >I am running -CURRENT with the new port of dhclient from OpenBSD. The=20
> >problem is that dhclient most often associante with my neighbours AP=20
> >instead of mine.
> >
> >The man-pages mentions the "media" statement and according to the exampl=
es=20
> >I can find in google I should add an entry like this:
> >
> >interface "ath0" {
> > media "ssid MYAP mode 11g";
> >}
> >
> >in dhclient.conf. But on boot, dhclient enters into an infinite loop=20
> >bringing up and down the interface, until I break it. I have to manually=
=20
> >run "ifconfig ath0 ssid MYAP mode 11g" and then start dhclient manually =
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> >force it to associate correctly with MYAP.
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> Have you tried putting the appropriate ifconfig command line into=20
> /etc/start_if.ath0. That works for me.
The correct method is to just add:
ifconfig_ath0=3D"ssid MYAP mode 11g DHCP"
to /etc/rc.conf. With exception of devices that load firmware, you
probably do not need /etc/start_if.* these days.
-- Brooks
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