Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:24:11 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Erik_N=F8rgaard?= <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: wireless config in dhclient.conf (CURRENT) Message-ID: <42C01A1B.5050508@locolomo.org>
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Hi, I have a problem configuring dhclient for my wireless interface, ath, on -CURRENT. I updated my system recently and are now using the port of dhclient from OpenBSD. I have a Comtrend DSL/AP on channel 11 with ssid ISPY, my wired server (FBSD 5.4) is running isc-dhcpd v. 3. My neighbour has a 3Com DSL/AP on channel 6 with default configuration, running a dhcp server. On my laptop I have a 3Com PCMCIA card, ath0. According to the documentation I can find on the web, I should include an entry in /etc/dhclient.conf like: interface "ath0" { media "ssid ISPY mode 11g"; } but doing so dhclient fails to get a lease on boot. Instead it enters into an "infinite" loop (long, I eventually pressed CRTL-C), changing link state to up, sending one dhcp request, and changing linkstate to down. This does not change if I include a "channel 11" in the media line. Since configuration failed the interface is not configured and dhclient is not running. If I log in and run dhclient it fails as above - no surprise. If I manually set ssid and mode, then I can run dhclient at it associates and gets a lease as it should. If I leave no configuration, it sometimes picks up my neighbours AP and get a lease from that - his signal is at times stronger than my own (probably Comtrend crap against 3Com). How do I correctly configure dhclient for my wireless nic so it associates with my network? Thanks, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/2004071206.crt Subject ID: A9:76:7A:ED:06:95:2B:8D:48:97:CE:F2:3F:42:C8:F2:22:DE:4C:B9 Fingerprint: 4A:E8:63:38:46:F6:9A:5D:B4:DC:29:41:3F:62:D3:0A:73:25:67:C2
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