On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Duncan Groenewald wrote: > So now I can connect and its all cool but my dns does not work via the wifi > connection ? >
How are you connecting? You should plumb the interface: ifconfig ipw0 plumb and then: dladm scan-wifi to find a network and dladm connect-wifi -e <essid> to connect. > If I use the normal ethernet port to the same hub dns works fine. If I > unplug this and connect the wifi up then no dns. Well my browser no longer > finds www.google.com ... > > I would have thought the dns is automatically provided by the dhcp server - > well seems to be for the ethernet port anyway.. > ifconfig ipw0 dhcp primary will configure the system using DHCP information, including DNS. > Then finally how do I set up the wificonnect to connect during boot ? > The best option is to use NWAM (Network Auto-Magic): svcadm disable network/physical:default svcadm enable network/physical:nwam When you log in you will be prompted with a GUI to choose a wireless network, and it will remember your choice the next time you boot. It will also prompt you if you move your laptop to a different location, and manage WEP keys. Make sure your wireless interface is listed before the wired one in the file /etc/nwam/llp. For example: [root at shamisen]# cat /etc/nwam/llp wpi0 dhcp skge0 dhcp -Albert
