Re: iwi error messages

[Brett Lymn <blymn%baesystems.com.au@localhost>]

On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 09:29:50AM -0600, Sverre Froyen wrote:
> 
> BTW, it looks like there is no need for /etc/ifconfig.iwi0 when running 
> wpa_supplicant, but on the other hand it appears to do no harm either.  Is 
> there an official recommendation?
> 

wpa_supplicant brings the interface up to negotiate the encryption
keys.  Something has to assign an address to the interface if you want
to use it - so unless you use dhclient to get an address you still
need the /etc/ifconfig.iwi0 to assign one.

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