WIFI DHCP

[Eric Schuele]

Roland Smith wrote:
> On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 01:52:01PM -0700, Beecher Rintoul wrote:
> 
> 
>>I would like to use a wireless card as my primary internet connection.
>>I have read the manual and see nothing mentioned about setting up the
>>card to use DHCP. 
> 
> 
> Then you've looked in the wrong place. :-)
> 
> 
>>I do not have a static ip on the access point I'm
>>connecting to. How do I set the card to use DHCP?
> 
> 
> Look at section 23.5 (Automatic Network Configuration). In short:
> - make sure that "device bpf" is in the kernel (it is in GENERIC)
> - edit /etc/rc.conf to put the interface in DHCP: 'ifconfig_XXX="DHCP"'
>   where XXX is the name of your wireless card.

Additionally... you should man dhclient, dhclient.conf, and 
dhclient.leases.  IMHO: `ifconfig_XXX="DHCP"` is only part of the equation.

You may have to craft a dhclient.conf file to help your card associate 
with its access point.  The dhclient.conf file will help you specify 
things like the SSID, weptxkey, wepmode, mode (11a, 11b, or 11g), 
wepkey, etc

> 
> Roland


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Regards,
Eric