5.4 / 6.0 wi0 and dhcp with closed network

[Brooks Davis]

On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 04:04:57PM -0400, JK wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:05:10 -0400
>  "JK" <jdkullmann at aliencamel.com> wrote:
> >I cannot get this to work at startup time on 5.4
> >
> >On 6.0 I put  ifconfig_wi0="ssid mynet DHCP" into /etc/rc.conf and 
> >that works.  I end up on the closed 'mynet' network via a DHCP 
> >address.
> >
> >On 5.4 neither that line nor other combinations in /etc/rc.conf of
> >
> >ifconfig_wi0="DHCP"
> >ifconfig_wi0="ssid mynet"
> >dhclient wi0
> >
> >work.  I _can_ get up on 5.4 by booting and then manually doing
> >
> >ifconfig wi0 ssid mynet
> >dhclient wi0
> >
> >After dhclient receives the IP etc from the server the machine is up 
> >fine.
> >
> >How in the world do I do this in /etc/rc.conf ( or other files ) on 
> >5.4 so it works automatically at startup time?
> >_____________________________________
> 
> Following myself up,   the only way I could get this to work in 5.4 at 
> startup time was to create a  /etc/start_if.wi0 that contained
> 
> ifconfig wi0 ssid mynet
> dhclient wi0
> 
> and not put any ifconfig_XX commands into my /etc/rc.conf
> 
> That seems pretty cheesey to me but it works.  If anyone else has a 
> cleaner way I'd love to know what it is.

/etc/start_if.* is the only option in 5.4.  It is indeed lame, that's
why I wrote the better support in 6.0.  You should be able to set
ifconfig_XX="DHCP" instead of running dhclient manually though.

-- Brooks

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