Manual Pages  — NETWORKING

• DESCRIPTION
• EXAMPLES
• SEE ALSO
• CAVEATS

Ask for a DHCP lease on the first Intel 10Gb Ethernet interface:

 # dhclient ix0

Ask for a DHCP lease on the first USB tethering interface:

 # dhclient ue0

Identify your Wi-Fi hardware:

 % sysctl net.wlan.devices

Create the wlan0 interface with the first Intel Wi-Fi adapter:

 # sysrc wlans_iwlwifi0="wlan0"

Set that interface to ask for a DHCP lease with wpa_supplicant(8):

 # sysrc ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"

Enter the details of the Wi-Fi network:

 # cd /etc/
 # wpa_passphrase dqmyssiddq dqmypassphrasedq >> wpa_supplicant.conf

Restart the network interface daemon:

 # service netif restart

 % ifconfig wlan0 scan

 # service netif stop