Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:13:06 -0700 From: Danny Howard <dannyman@toldme.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Erik_N=F8rgaard?= <norgaard@locolomo.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: dhclient.conf for wireless interface Message-ID: <42CC1F32.4010508@toldme.com> In-Reply-To: <42C949D1.5090107@locolomo.org> References: <42C949D1.5090107@locolomo.org>
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Erik Nørgaard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to configure dhclient to associate with the correct
> accesspoint, I use FreeBSD Current with the new dhclient ported from
> OpenBSD.
>
> The examples I can find mentions that I should create an entry in my
> dhclient.conf like this:
>
> interface "ath0" {
> media "ssid AP1 mode 11g", "ssid AP2 mode 11g";
> }
>
> and dhclient will then first try to associate with AP1 and then AP2.
>
> The problem is that with that setup dhclient enters into an aparently
> infinite loop bringing up and down the interface, until I break it. I
> have to manually run 'ifconfig ssid AP1 mode 11g' first.
Erik,
FWIW, it looks like you are doing the right thing. Maybe you have hit a
bug?
There may be a tweak for dhclient's configuration to extend the amount
of time it will attempt a profile before giving up and trying the next.
I would like to think that "mode 11g" is superflous, and that you can
just set that before-hand, or at a lower level ...
Good Luck,
-danny
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