Re: HostAP Bridge startup script

Lars Eggert <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Bill Wadsworth (250-539-3196) wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have a the above. I've tried writing a couple but keep getting a watchdog timeout when
> the system loads. I believe this is due to the script running before the cards have been
> initialized.
> 
> We're trying to create a bridged cluster of 3 wireless cards (wi0, wi1, wi2, fxp0) into fxp0

Attached, but the issue your describing might also be caused by your 
(old?) firmware version.

Lars
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Lars Eggert <[email protected]>           USC Information Sciences Institute
start_if.wi0 (text/plain, 747 B)
# Each file should have the ID line below for web version-checking:
# $Id: start_if.wi0,v 1.7 2002/11/01 19:43:10 larse Exp $

WIFI_CHANNEL=11
WIFI_SSID="TetherNet"
WIFI_WEP="off"
WIFI_KEY="-"
WIFI_DENSITY=1
WIFI_UP="up"

/sbin/sysctl net.link.ether.bridge_cfg="wi0 sis1"
/sbin/sysctl net.link.ether.bridge=0
/sbin/ifconfig wi0 down

/usr/sbin/wicontrol -a $WIFI_DENSITY

/sbin/ifconfig wi0 inet up \
	-powersave \
	ssid		"$WIFI_SSID" \
	stationname	"$WIFI_SSID" \
	channel		$WIFI_CHANNEL \
	authmode	open \
	wepkey		"$WIFI_KEY" \
	weptxkey	1 \
	wepmode		$WIFI_WEP \
	mediaopt	hostap \
	$WIFI_UP

# turning on briding brings the interface up, only do it when it should be up
if [ "$WIFI_UP" = "up" ]; then
	/sbin/sysctl net.link.ether.bridge=1
fi
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