On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 09:55:47AM +0800, Yue Wu wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 02:50:25PM +0100, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> > On Monday, January 31, 2011 13:57:29 Yue Wu wrote:
> > > List,
> > >
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > I use following setting for my wireless networking enviroment:
> > >
> > > ifconfig_wlan0="mode 11g bssid my:bssid wepmode on weptxkey 1
> > > wepkey 1:0x1111111111 DHCP"
> > >
> > > But I don't like DHCP and want to use static ip, so I tried:
> > >
> > > ifconfig_wlan0="mode 11g bssid my:bssid wepmode on weptxkey 1
> > > wepkey 1:0x1111111111 inet 192.168.1.144 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> > >
> > > But the setting makes BSD networking not working anymore, and when
> > > the system starts up, there's an error message:
> > >
> > > ifconfig: inet: bad value
> > >
> > > What's wrong? How to use static ip in my wireless networking?
> >
> > Remove the 'inet', it isn't required.
> >
>
> Thanks Schmidt, I haven't tried with your advice because the issue has
> gone after I put the `inet' in front of the value of ifconfig_wlan0, I
> will take a note for your hint and try it next time ;p
>
> p.s., examples in the handbook [1] have the `inet', why?
>
> [1]
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html
The advice you were given is incorrect; you should absolutely be
specifying the address family (inet). The syntax of the ifconfig(8)
line matters -- meaning, you're hitting an intentional design limitation
of the parser. You cannot put the "inet x.x.x.x" part at the end.
Please see the ifconfig(8) man page. Here's the specific part:
ifconfig [-L] [-k] [-m] [-n] interface [create] [address_family]
[address [dest_address]] [parameters]
address_family = something like "inet", "inet6", etc.
address = something like 1.2.3.4 or, or a CIDR address like 1.2.3.4/24
(which would expand to "inet 1.2.3.4 netmask 255.255.255.0")
parameters = dependent upon the interface you're configuring. Fore
wireless interfaces, you'll need to see the man page section for that.
Hope this helps.
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