Re: Default route doesn't change to wireless device (ath0)

If the start_if.ath0 script isn't running, you should check that you have
removable_interfaces="ath0" in rc.conf.  Though, I saw some traffic that
say this was going away.

Anyway, quoting Brooks in "HEADSUP: OpenBSD dhclient incoming"
"Second the pccard_ifconfig variable is only used as a default value for
interfaces that are on the removable_interfaces list, but do not have an
ifconfig_<if> variable. Third, interfaces must be on the
removable_interfaces list for pccard_ether to work."

There should not be a need to modify devd.conf as there is already this
line:

attach 0 {
        device-name "$ethernet-nic-regex";
        action "/etc/pccard_ether $device-name start";
}

The regex does cover ath0, and pccard_ether should handle the event if the
interface is listed in removable_interfaces

I also saw some traffic from Brooks where he explicitly stated that
the new dhclient does not touch the default route if one is already
configured.  afaik, this should not actually be a problem because start_if
is always run before dhclient has a change to start.  Also I agree, it
would rather dangerous if dhclient just started flushing the routing
table.


Incidentially, I've seen this topic come up a dozen times + never knew
what do myself until Nate Lawson pointed me in the right direction a year
ago.  At that time, he remarked that this stuff isn't documented any where
+ it really should be in the handbook.

Can someone point me to where I should look for information on how to
contribute to the handbook in a format that is likely to be accepted?

This is such a standard thing to want, it has to be done!

-Jon

On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, Kevin Oberman wrote:

> > Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 13:01:38 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Jon Dama <jd_at_ugcs.caltech.edu>
> > Sender: owner-freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
> >
> > Flush the routing table or at least delete the default entry in a
> > start_if.ath0 script.
>
> This is obvious, but does not answer the question: "Can't that be done
> automatically on plugging in either?"
>
> As I recall, when the OpenSSH dhclient was added, one of the things it
> was supposed to do was flush the routing table. This never seems to have
> happened and I'm not sure I'd want it to.
>
> Maybe devd could automate it? (I think I'm going to try that.)
> --
> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
> Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
> E-mail: oberman_at_es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634
>
>
> > On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, Jochen Gensch wrote:
> >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > If I plug in my wireless nic (atheros) it comes up automatically through
> > > wpa_supplicant. However the default route still points to my non wireless
> > > nic (fxp0) even if remove the network cable before plugging in the wireless
> > > device. I have found no way around this, the only way of getting the
> > > default route changed to ath0 is setting in manually. Can't that be done
> > > automatically on plugging in either?
>