From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:31159 "EHLO c60.cesmail.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751542AbYGaPBm (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:01:42 -0400 Subject: Re: Issue: iwlist scanning sees the network; dhclient can't connect From: Pavel Roskin To: Dan Williams Cc: Michael Buesch , Johannes Berg , "Thiago F. Tavares" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1217512159.12016.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1127857B97C63B4285A9B02BEF67AEE601627648@afrodite.halogica.com.br> <1217447463.25919.10.camel@dv> <1217493665.3392.0.camel@Friederike-PC.hoffi> <200807311531.54665.mb@bu3sch.de> <1217512159.12016.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:01:40 -0400 Message-Id: <1217516500.22143.3.camel@dv> (sfid-20080731_170147_326743_230CF7D6) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 09:49 -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > We all agreed at the OLS Wireless Summit that the up/down behavior of > dhclient was just f**king stupid and should be patched out. Upstream > doesn't seem to be very responsive. Sorry for going offtopic, but somebody picked up dhcpcd, and it's in a pretty good shape now, preparing for 4.0 release. It supports dhclient scripts, works with NetworkManager, and doesn't bring the interface down. It even have a git repository, with the latest commit 79 made minutes ago. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin