Re: 5.4 / 6.0 wi0 and dhcp with closed network

On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:05:10 -0400
 "JK" <jdkullmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I cannot get this to work at startup time on 5.4

On 6.0 I put ifconfig_wi0="ssid mynet DHCP" into /etc/rc.conf and that works. I end up on the closed 'mynet' network via a DHCP address.

On 5.4 neither that line nor other combinations in /etc/rc.conf of

ifconfig_wi0="DHCP"
ifconfig_wi0="ssid mynet"
dhclient wi0

work.  I _can_ get up on 5.4 by booting and then manually doing

ifconfig wi0 ssid mynet
dhclient wi0

After dhclient receives the IP etc from the server the machine is up fine.

How in the world do I do this in /etc/rc.conf ( or other files ) on 5.4 so it works automatically at startup time?
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Following myself up, the only way I could get this to work in 5.4 at startup time was to create a /etc/start_if.wi0 that contained

ifconfig wi0 ssid mynet
dhclient wi0

and not put any ifconfig_XX commands into my /etc/rc.conf

That seems pretty cheesey to me but it works. If anyone else has a cleaner way I'd love to know what it is.


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