Compliments to the chefs: wpa, dhcp, and rc.conf

[Freddie Cash]

On July 4, 2005 10:38 am, Freddie Cash wrote:
> Just a note to say thanks to all those involved in integrating WPA
> support into the base system.  I used to use a custom script that did
> all the ifconfig lines manually, start the supplicant, and then run
> dhclient.  It worked, but it wasn't nearly as smooth as plugging in a
> CAT5 cable and having it all work automatically.

> Since dhclient was changed and wpa_supplicant was brought into the base
> system, everything now works the same for wired and wireless connections
> on my laptop.  My rc.conf now has an ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP" line and
> an ifconfig_rl0="DHCP" line, there's a simple wpa_supplicant.conf file
> in /etc.  Depending on whether my wireless radio is turned on or not, I
> either get a working wired connection or a working wireless connection.
> No fumbling on my part needed.

> Thanks to all those who worked on getting the needed bits to work
> together.

Guess I should have mentioned what I'm running.  :)
FreeBSD ember.sd73.bc.ca 6.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT #0: Fri Jul 01 
11:41:09 PDT 2005 root at ember.sd73.bc.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/EMBER  i386

Sources were cvsup'd just prior to the buildworld.
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Freddie Cash
fcash at ocis.net