From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 1 05:17:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B7B116A752 for ; Thu, 1 Jan 2004 05:17:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (adsl-63-193-123-122.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.193.123.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4774043D7C for ; Thu, 1 Jan 2004 05:17:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i01DGuqZ017438; Thu, 1 Jan 2004 05:16:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from david@bunrab.catwhisker.org) Received: (from david@localhost) by bunrab.catwhisker.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i01DGqiK017437; Thu, 1 Jan 2004 05:16:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from david) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 05:16:52 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <200401011316.i01DGqiK017437@bunrab.catwhisker.org> To: dirkx@webweaving.org In-Reply-To: <20040101033430.H91700@skutsje.san.webweaving.org> cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WEP and DHCP X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 13:17:50 -0000 >Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 03:35:19 -0800 (PST) >From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik >To: Randy Bush >Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: WEP and DHCP >Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org >actually -is- there a clever way to not let the keys cycle and be flashed >each in turn as above; but to pick the right one absed on some dhcp value >(say network name, etc) ? That would seem to be ... a "cute trick" -- DHCP only works once you've established some minimal level of IP connectivity, and the absence of appropriate SSID & WEP key (if applicable) would seem to impair that connectivity. Peace, david -- David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org If you want true virus-protection for your PC, install a non-Microsoft OS on it. Plausible candidates include FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris (in alphabetical order).