David, You are right. The way I laid out the example it would go back to dlink. For the sake of argument assume that I have also edited /etc/hostname.iwi0 "dhcp nwid attwifi", as that doesn't seem to work either.
But, what you are saying to do is to use ifconfig to setup the network connection and then dhclient once you can get 'status: active' in ifconfig. The problem I have is that I can't reliably get ifconfig to get an active status. It does work sometimes, but for some reason it is not consistent. Jeremy On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 3:20 PM, David Hill<[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 03:06:25PM -0400, Jeremy Chase wrote: >> Hi Guys, >> >> My iwi interface works very well if I set it up with >> /etc/hostname.iwi0, but if I change access points I can usually not >> get onto a new network. For example, consider this scenario: >> >> At location 1 with open AP 'dlink' available: >> # echo "dhcp nwid dlink" > /etc/hostname.iwi0 >> (reboot), and all is well. > > OK > >> >> I move to a new location without rebooting, and I want to get onto a >> new AP, for example 'attwifi', so I try: >> # ifconfig nwid attwifi B B (However this will almost never result in >> 'status active', sometimes it does work, randomly.) >> # sh /etc/netstart iwi0 B (rarely works because it says no link) > > This will reset your nwid to 'dlink', which is what you have in > /etc/hostname.iwi0 > >> >> I have tried to reset it to defaults with the man page example, but >> this doesn't work either.. I'll try something like this: >> ifconfig iwi0 -bssid -chan media autoselect nwid "" -nwkey -wpa -wpapsk >> ifconfig iwi0 nwid attwifi >> ifconfig iwi0 up >> sh /etc/netstart iwi0 >> (However this usually does not work either) > > Again, this resets your nwid to 'dlink'. > > I think instead of sh /etc/netstart iwi0, you want /sbin/dhclient iwi0 > >> >> So I am often forced to reboot just to change AP's, and that is rather >> annoying. Any thoughts? I am running -current but have had this issue >> since 4.5-release >> >> The machine is an IBM T42p >> >> $ pkg_info | grep iwi >> iwi-firmware-3.1 B B Firmware binary image for iwi driver >> >> OpenBSD 4.6-current (GENERIC) #62: Wed Jul 15 17:27:21 MDT 2009 >> B B [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC >> cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 599 MHz >> cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,F XSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,TM,SBF,EST,TM2 >> real mem B = 1072656384 (1022MB) >> avail mem = 1028411392 (980MB) >> mainbus0 at root >> bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 06/18/07, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ >> 0xfd750, SMBIOS rev. 2.33 @ 0xe0010 (61 entries) >> bios0: vendor IBM version "1RETDRWW (3.23 )" date 06/18/2007 >> bios0: IBM 2373KUU >> apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 >> apm0: battery life expectancy 29% >> apm0: AC off, battery charge high, estimated 0:24 hours >> acpi at bios0 function 0x0 not configured >> pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd6e0/0x920 >> pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdea0/272 (15 entries) >> pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:31:0 ("Intel 82371FB ISA" rev 0x00) >> pcibios0: PCI bus #6 is the last bus >> bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x10000 0xd0000/0x1000 0xd1000/0x1000 >> 0xdc000/0x4000! 0xe0000/0x10000 >> cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor) >> cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 599 MHz: speeds: 2000, 1800, 1600, 1400, >> 1200, 1000, 800, 600 MHz >> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) >> io address conflict 0x5800/0x8 >> io address conflict 0x5808/0x4 >> io address conflict 0x5810/0x8 >> io address conflict 0x580c/0x4 >> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82855PM Host" rev 0x03 >> intelagp0 at pchb0 >> agp0 at intelagp0: aperture at 0xd0000000, size 0x10000000 >> ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82855PM AGP" rev 0x03 >> pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 >> vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "ATI Radeon Mobility M10" rev 0x80 >> wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) >> wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) >> radeondrm0 at vga1: irq 11 >> drm0 at radeondrm0 >> uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11 >> uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11 >> uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11 >> ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801DB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11 >> usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 >> uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 >> ppb1 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0x81 >> pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 >> mem address conflict 0xb0000000/0x1000 >> mem address conflict 0xb1000000/0x1000 >> cbb0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "TI PCI4520 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11 >> cbb1 at pci2 dev 0 function 1 "TI PCI4520 CardBus" rev 0x01: irq 11 >> em0 at pci2 dev 1 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000MT (82540EP)" rev 0x03: >> irq 11, address 00:0d:60:79:a8:3c >> iwi0 at pci2 dev 2 function 0 "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG" rev 0x05: >> irq 11, address 00:0e:35:7b:29:23 >> cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0 >> cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 3 device 0 cacheline 0x8, lattimer 0xb0 >> pcmcia0 at cardslot0 >> cardslot1 at cbb1 slot 1 flags 0 >> cardbus1 at cardslot1: bus 6 device 0 cacheline 0x8, lattimer 0xb0 >> pcmcia1 at cardslot1 >> ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801DBM LPC" rev 0x01: >> 24-bit timer at 3579545Hz >> pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801DBM IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, >> channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to >> compatibility >> wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <HTS726060M9AT00> >> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 57231MB, 117210240 sectors >> wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 >> atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 >> scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets >> cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <HL-DT-ST, RW/DVD GCC-4242N, 0201> ATAPI >> 5/cdrom removable >> cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 >> ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801DB SMBus" rev 0x01: irq 11 >> iic0 at ichiic0 >> spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 512MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC2700CL2.5 >> spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 512MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC2700CL2.5 >> auich0 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 "Intel 82801DB AC97" rev 0x01: irq >> 11, ICH4 AC97 >> ac97: codec id 0x41445374 (Analog Devices AD1981B) >> ac97: codec features headphone, 20 bit DAC, No 3D Stereo >> audio0 at auich0 >> "Intel 82801DB Modem" rev 0x01 at pci0 dev 31 function 6 not configured >> usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 >> uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 >> usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 >> uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 >> usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 >> uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 >> isa0 at ichpcib0 >> isadma0 at isa0 >> pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 >> pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) >> pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot >> wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 >> pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) >> pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot >> wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 >> pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 >> midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> >> spkr0 at pcppi0 >> lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 >> aps0 at isa0 port 0x1600/31 >> npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 >> fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 >> biomask ef7d netmask ef7d ttymask ffff >> mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support >> softraid0 at root >> root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b >> >> -- >> Jeremy Chase, N1JER >> http://weatherfinder.info/
