Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 22:09:22 +1000 From: Rob B <rbyrnes@mailshack.com> To: Erik =?iso-8859-1?Q?N=F8rgaard?= <norgaard@locolomo.org>, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: dhclient.conf for ath wireless Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20050705220015.029fa770@mail.nerdshack.com> In-Reply-To: <42CA4263.9080409@locolomo.org> References: <42CA4263.9080409@locolomo.org>
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At 06:18 PM 5/07/2005, Erik N=F8rgaard wrote:
>I am running -CURRENT with the new port of dhclient from OpenBSD. The=20
>problem is that dhclient most often associante with my neighbours AP=20
>instead of mine.
>
>The man-pages mentions the "media" statement and according to the examples=
=20
>I can find in google I should add an entry like this:
>
>interface "ath0" {
> media "ssid MYAP mode 11g";
>}
>
>in dhclient.conf. But on boot, dhclient enters into an infinite loop=20
>bringing up and down the interface, until I break it. I have to manually=20
>run "ifconfig ath0 ssid MYAP mode 11g" and then start dhclient manually to=
=20
>force it to associate correctly with MYAP.
Have you tried putting the appropriate ifconfig command line into=20
/etc/start_if.ath0. That works for me.
cheers,
Rob
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I just do what the voices inside my head tell me to do.
This is random quote 613 of 1268.=20
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