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From: Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] WLAN with fixed IP
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:21:51
Message-Id: 50A3EEDD.3080107@binarywings.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] WLAN with fixed IP by Helmut Jarausch
1 Am 14.11.2012 18:55, schrieb Helmut Jarausch:
2 > On 11/13/2012 07:08:24 PM, Florian Philipp wrote:
3 >> Am 13.11.2012 17:27, schrieb Bruce Hill:
4 >> > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 04:52:25PM +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
5 >> >>>>
6 >> >>>>> I'd like to assign fixed IP numbers to computers of a local
7 >> >>>> map MAC addresses to IP addresses.
8 >> >
9 >> [...]
10 >> >
11 >> > If you just want to setup a static IP per machine, /etc/conf.d/net:
12 >> >
13 >> > config_wlan0="192.168.1.2/24"
14 >> > routes_wlan0="default via 192.168.1.1"
15 >> >
16 >> > Hope this helps. If it's too confusing, might mention where DHCP is
17 >> handed
18 >> > out, and some more about your LAN.
19 >>
20 >> The following is taken directly from my /etc/conf.d/net with minimal
21 >> editing. It assigns configs based on SSIDs. If I'm not mistaken (haven't
22 >> tested it in a long time) this means it will default to DHCP for
23 >> unspecified nets. Good for quick and dirty setups while traveling:
24 >>
25 >> modules_wlan0="wpa_supplicant"
26 >>
27 >> config_MySSID="192.168.2.5 netmask 255.255.255.0"
28 >> routes_MySSID="default via 192.168.2.1"
29 >> dns_servers_MySSID="192.168.6.1"
30 >> dns_domain_MySSID="example.net"
31 >>
32 >> config_SomeHotelSSID="dhcp"
33 >>
34 >> config_HotelWithVPN="dhcp"
35 >> dhcp_HotelWithVPN="nodns"
36 >> dns_servers_HotelWithVPN="192.168.6.1" # DNS server via VPN
37 >> dns_domain_HotelWithVPN="vpn.example.net"
38 >>
39 >> Hope this helps,
40 >
41 > Thanks Florian,
42 >
43 > it *nearly* works.
44 > The line
45 > routes_MySSID="default via 192.168.2.1"
46 >
47 > (adapted to my IPs)
48 > doesn't seem to have any effect.
49 >
50 > Only if I add
51 >
52 > route add default gw 192.168.2.1 wlan0
53 >
54 > to /etc/local.d/local.start
55 > it does work.
56 >
57 > I have no idea why the routes_MySSID=... line doesn't have any effect.
58 >
59 > Helmut.
60 >
61
62 Just guessing, could it be related to iproute2?
63 From net.example:
64 # If you don't specify an interface then we prefer iproute2 if it's
65 # installed. To prefer ifconfig over iproute2
66 modules="!iproute2"

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