Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 09:55:47 +0800 From: Yue Wu <vanopen@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Error produced by static ip setting: ifconfig: inet: bad value Message-ID: <20110201015547.GA17910@fbsd.t60.cpu> In-Reply-To: <201101311450.25738.bschmidt@freebsd.org> References: <20110131125729.GA5163@fbsd.t60.cpu> <201101311450.25738.bschmidt@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 02:50:25PM +0100, Bernhard Schmidt wrote: > On Monday, January 31, 2011 13:57:29 Yue Wu wrote: > > List, > > > > Hi. > > > > I use following setting for my wireless networking enviroment: > > > > ifconfig_wlan0="mode 11g bssid my:bssid wepmode on weptxkey 1 > > wepkey 1:0x1111111111 DHCP" > > > > But I don't like DHCP and want to use static ip, so I tried: > > > > ifconfig_wlan0="mode 11g bssid my:bssid wepmode on weptxkey 1 > > wepkey 1:0x1111111111 inet 192.168.1.144 netmask 255.255.255.0" > > > > But the setting makes BSD networking not working anymore, and when > > the system starts up, there's an error message: > > > > ifconfig: inet: bad value > > > > What's wrong? How to use static ip in my wireless networking? > > Remove the 'inet', it isn't required. > Thanks Schmidt, I haven't tried with your advice because the issue has gone after I put the `inet' in front of the value of ifconfig_wlan0, I will take a note for your hint and try it next time ;p p.s., examples in the handbook [1] have the `inet', why? [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html -- Regards, Yue Wu Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicines Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine China Pharmaceutical University No.24, Tongjia Xiang Street, Nanjing 210009, China
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