On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Martes G Wigglesworth <mailinglistmem...@mgwigglesworth.net> wrote: > > The system has been giving me some issues with the ifconfig commands after > an unstable world upgrade from 8.1-PRERELEASE. > > However, after re-installing the kernel all commands result in the > appropriate functionality, except for wlan0 devices being assigned their > static ip address from the rc.conf script. > > The device becomes active, and registers as an access point, when using > hostap mode, having the > desired ssid, however, no IP address is ever issues during the rc.conf > setup process. > > Example: > (with hostapd activated on boot) > wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:1b:2f:37:02:46 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g<hostap> > status: running > ssid wireless2 channel 1 (2412 MHz 11g) bssid 00:1b:2f:37:02:46 > country US ecm authmode WPA privacy MIXED deftxkey 2 > AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM 3:128-bit txpower 23 scanvalid 60 > protmode CTS wme burst dtimperiod 1 -dfs > > (without hostapd activated on boot) > wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:1b:2f:37:02:46 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g<hostap> > status: running > ssid wrouter0 channel 1 (2412 MHz 11g) bssid 00:1b:2f:37:02:46 > country US ecm authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 23 scanvalid 60 > protmode CTS wme burst dtimperiod 1 -dfs > > rc.conf section for this device is as follows: > > wlans_ath0="wlan0" > create_args_wlan0="wlanmode hostap" > ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.200.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 ssid " " > mode 54g channel 1" > > > However, all works perfectly, if I simply assign the intended ip address > to the wlan0 device. > > Any input on this?
The first thing I noticed was the multiple quotation marks and the incorrect mode. Does it work better as: ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.200.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 ssid wrouter0 mode 11g channel 1" or, to make it cleaner: ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.200.1/16 ssid wrouter0 mode 11g channel 1" Will the AP be routed or bridged? If it is bridged, there is no need for it to have an address. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer - Retired E-mail: kob6...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ 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"