Re: wpa_supplicant not started

> Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:02:53 +0400
> From: Alex Keda <admin_at_lissyara.su>
> Sender: owner-freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
> 
> after today update /etc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant not started automatically 
> when booting OS. no IP addr trough DHCP
> if, after boot I start it manually and restart /etc/rc.d/dhclient - all 
> work OK.
> ================
> acer$ uname -a
> FreeBSD acer.lissyara.int.otradno.ru 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #0: 
> Tue Sep  9 19:17:18 MSD 2008 
> lissyara_at_acer.lissyara.int.otradno.ru:/tmp/obj/usr/src/sys/main-color-console 
>   amd64
> acer$
> ================
> in rc.conf
> 
> wlans_ath0="wlan0"
> ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP ssid ussr_wi_fi_lan authmode wpa"

And what about your wpa_supplicant.conf file?

I don't specify ssid or authmode to ifconfig when using the
supplicant. Seems like that sort of defeats the purpose of the
supplicant. Normally these are found in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.
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