Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 21:57:48 +0200 From: Tobias Fendin <tobias.fendin@telia.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DHCP using ifconfig doesn't work ... Message-ID: <427534BC.5070203@telia.com> In-Reply-To: <1114976100.1134.7.camel@localhost> References: <1114976100.1134.7.camel@localhost>
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Kiffin Gish wrote: >I want to use DHCP for my wireless connection by placing the following >lines in my /etc/rc.conf file: > >ifconfig_wi0="DHCP" >ifconfig_wi0="ssid GISH mode auto wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890" > >I have also tried running sysinstall again and reconfiguring my wireless >connection by answering 'yes' to DHCP. > >However, these do not work for some weird reason. When I login as root >and run 'dhclient wi0' then all is a-okay. > >How can I have this happen automatically during boot without having >manually to run this command as root everytime? > >Thanks alot in advance as usual. > > If you do like that, first ifconfig_wi0 will be set to "DHCP", then it will be overwritten and set to "ssid GISH mode auto wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890". You should only have one line with ifconfig_wi0. //Tobias
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