Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 13:31:04 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: hartzell@alerce.com Cc: Rob B <rbyrnes@mailshack.com>, Erik =?iso-8859-1?Q?N=F8rgaard?= <norgaard@locolomo.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dhclient.conf for ath wireless Message-ID: <20050707203104.GA19953@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <17101.35348.786372.569906@satchel.alerce.com> References: <42CA4263.9080409@locolomo.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050705220015.029fa770@mail.nerdshack.com> <20050707164922.GA15353@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <17101.35348.786372.569906@satchel.alerce.com>
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--IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 01:01:24PM -0700, George Hartzell wrote: > Brooks Davis writes: > > [...] > > The correct method is to just add: > >=20 > > ifconfig_ath0=3D"ssid MYAP mode 11g DHCP" > >=20 > > to /etc/rc.conf. With exception of devices that load firmware, you > > probably do not need /etc/start_if.* these days. >=20 > Don't you also have to add ath0 to removable_interfaces in > /etc/rc.conf? If it's removable, yes. > On a related note, setting the ssid, the wireless net I use is Alerce > Wireless, which I double quote on the command line, in > /etc/start_if.wi0, and historically in dhclient.conf. I can't seem to > find a way to escape it in the /etc/rc.conf line that doesn't just end > up with the ssid being "Alerce \"Alerce or ''Alerce or..... (on > -CURRENT as of a few days ago). I'll have to take a look at that. I'm not sure what the solution will be. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCzZEGXY6L6fI4GtQRAlw6AKDS/jxvsBRowggGB5O+pR01yK4H0QCcDJPE LBY49WshAs74oQcxxPjZ1uM= =ypJw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o--
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