dhclient ifconfig down up?

[Jeff Sadowski]

ok thanks I thought network manager might use dhclient like you would
do from a command line.

So I guess they want to change the idea of uniformity by doing things by hand?

I thought it was this procedure
load the modules
bring up the interface
dhclient that interface

in wireless bringing up the interface requires connecting to an ap

I actually want to make things simpler by sticking with things but I
may be traveling down the wrong road.

so I guess I need to learn how to use wpa_supplicant with ifup?

On 6/6/07, Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon at nominum.com> wrote:
> On Jun 6, 2007, at 2:41 PM, Jeff Sadowski wrote:
> > the ifconfig down;ifconfig up just does not work with wireless or some
> > gig switches.
> > I'd like to see a better solution then the one I suggested but I
> > haven't seen anyone else even purpose a solution.
>
> On linux I don't think anybody's seriously working on this.  The new
> work that's being done is mostly with NetworkManager, not with the
> ISC client.   NetworkManager appears to use a hacked ISC client; its
> function isn't to do DHCP, but rather to tie all the network
> configuration subsystems together.   Doing wireless network selection
> in the DHCP client is really the wrong thing.
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