Re: wpa_supplicant and dhcp

[Steven Bellovin <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Jan 23, 2010, at 6:49 AM, Sad Clouds wrote:

> What is the recommended way to run wpa_supplicant with dhcp?
> 
> I have a laptop, which needs to connect to a wireless home network. The 
> problem I'm having is that dhcp client runs before wpa_supplicant, so it 
> can't 
> acquire a proper IP address. There is a thread about it on current-users 
> list, 
> but I can't see anything that resolves the issue...

Are you sure about that order?  When I look at /etc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant, it says

        # PROVIDE: wpa_supplicant 
        # REQUIRE: network mountcritlocal 
        # BEFORE: NETWORKING dhclient 

What does your machine say?

                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb