Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 22:58:21 -0500 From: Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wi broken? Message-ID: <20020317035821.GB1991@laptop.lambertfam.org> In-Reply-To: <001201c1cd52$76ecb040$0600a8c0@mars> References: <001201c1cd52$76ecb040$0600a8c0@mars>
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On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 05:24:20PM -0800, Morgan Davis wrote: > I read where others have had to do a "ifconfig fxp0 down" first before > they can bring their wi devices up, but "ifconfig rl0 down" didn't work > for me. When I try to invoke dhclient on wi0, I immediately get this: > > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCDIFADDR): Can't assign requested address > > ...and it never does communicate with the DHCP server. All the > wicontrol details appear to be correct. I have this problem on my 4.5-STABLE laptop. I have the same model laptop running 4.5-RELEASE. The -RELEASE box can DHCP just fine. The -STABLE box gives me the error you list above. It works fine if I configure a static IP. What -STABLE were you running before this? -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org http://www.lambertfam.org/~lambert/resume.html 3 years Sr. SysAdmin experience with FreeBSD in small & medium size ISPs. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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