On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 06:05:56PM -0800, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > 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. >
It helps a lot, thank you for detailed explanation, I get it now :) -- Regards, Yue Wu Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicines Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine China Pharmaceutical University No.24, Tongjia Xiang Street, Nanjing 210009, China _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
