(starbucks) "ssid = tmobile" and 5.x (hit-n-miss)

[Christopher Black]

Andrew L. Gould wrote:
> On Thursday 16 June 2005 11:36 pm, Bill Schoolcraft wrote:
> 
>>At Thu, 16 Jun 2005 it looks like Andrew L. Gould composed:
>>
>>>Try adding "ssid tmobile" to the ifconfig arguments in
>>>/etc/rc.conf.  If adding it to your rc.conf file doesn't work for
>>>you, try removing the wi0 stuff from rc.conf and  execute the
>>>following as root:
>>>
>>>	ifconfig wi0 ssid tmobile
>>>	dhclient wi0
>>>
>>>You'll need to make sure that the default gateway and nameservers
>>>are obtained from the DHCP server.
>>>
>>>I hope this helps.
>>
>>Thanks Andrew,
>>
>>Yes, I've done the manual command but would like to try the
>>rc.conf options, so I'd be looking at:
>>
>>ifconfig_wi0="ssid tmobile"
>>ifconfig_wi0="DHCP"
>>
>>Does that look correct?
>>
>>Thanks
> 
> 
> I'm not sure whether all ifconfig arguments need to be on the same line.  
> If it doesn't work, try:
> 	ifconfig_wi0="ssid tmobile DHCP"
> 
> The other option is to put the manual commands in an executable file at:
> 	/usr/local/etc/rc.d/tmobile.sh
> 
> That way the manual commands would be executed automatically at bootup.  
> Caveat:  The delayed network configuration may interfere with the 
> loading of firewall rules; so you may need to add a line to the script 
> to load your firewall rules after wi0 is up.
> 
> Best of luck,
> 
> Andrew Gould

I believe it should be:

ifconfig_wi0="DHCP"
ifconfig_wi0_flags="ssid tmobile"

HTH

-- 
Christopher Black
Chief Security Engineer
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