Re: wicd trouble -- continued
On Fri 29 Jul 2016 at 12:08:16 -0600, Glenn English wrote:
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> > On Jul 29, 2016, at 12:04 PM, Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> wrote:
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> >> On Jul 29, 2016, at 11:58 AM, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
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> >> 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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> Please excuse pressing the wrong button. Macintosh iMail's Send button
> is right next to the Delete button...
You really intended to delete my perceptive and informative mail and not
reply to it? I'm in a state of shock and will have to leave this
conversation and have a lie down.
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