Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 13:24:10 +0100 From: Alexandre <axelbsd@ymail.com> To: CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: devd wlan wpa Message-ID: <CA%2B8gk98SCzhqSQYhjOVsrk5ASugoSuAiwN8sjfObGZdwxoKC1A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFYkXjkbBpeY%2B%2BTkq=ShPSU3-QgFaOcErtBVTHiUOepq4T6Nmw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFYkXjkbBpeY%2B%2BTkq=ShPSU3-QgFaOcErtBVTHiUOepq4T6Nmw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, There is this entry for the network aggregation in the Handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-aggregation.html You will be able to switch from wired to wifi card (and vice versa). Regards, Alexandre On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:14 AM, CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl> wrote: > Hello :-) > > I want to setup wpa_supplicant to start after wlan0 interface gets up. > The rc.conf ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" does the job only at boot. When > I get the interface down I need to start everything by hand, which is > a bit annoying when I test a lot and need to switch between Ethernet > and WiFi interfaces very often. I have tried to write devd rule: > > notify 0 { > match "system" "IFNET"; > match "subsystem" "wlan[0-9]+"; > match "type" "LINK_UP"; > media-type "802.11"; > match "device-name" "wlan[0-9]+"; > action "/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -i $device-name -c > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B"; > }; > > But there goes the chicken-egg problem - I want to run wpa_supplicant > on LINK_UP event that occurs when Media Status is "connected", but to > get that "connected" status I need to run wpa_supplicant first, so > capabilities of devd are not enough in this case, or I miss something? > Is there any distinction between LINK_UP and IF_UP? > > Any hints appreciated :-) > Tomek > > -- > CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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