Re: wicd trouble -- continued

[Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net>]

> On Jul 29, 2016, at 12:04 PM, Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Jul 29, 2016, at 11:58 AM, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> The client surely doesn't need an IP address to communicate with a dhcp
>> server? With a wired connection association is automatically present and
>> I suspect the initial communication involves a MAC and not an IP address.
>> 
>> With WiFi the purpose of association is to have both ends of the
>> invisible cable connected. Obtaining an address with dhcp then proceeds
>> as with a wired connection.
>> 
>> Having said that (and not moved a solution to your problem further on) I
>> have no idea what significance "Setting false IP..." has.

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Glenn English