On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 01:31:15AM +0100, Phil Sumner wrote:
poeml@cmdline.net wrote:
Does DHCLIENT_PRIMARY_DEVICE=yes in the wlan's ifcfg file help? It does indeed. Now I know what to look for, it all seems so obvious.
And having dhcpcd modify resolv.conf appears to work much better now that I have named (bind8 RPM) installed... oopsie?
depends on what "better" means exactly
Next question: Where is ifup-wireless called from, when and how? Or to put my question a better way, could someone explain to me the process that SuSE/linux in general goes through when I insert my PCMCIA card, through to loading the acx_pci module?
kernel triggers hotplug event -> hotplug script is executed -> depending on the device type hotplug might load modules or trigger other actions set up via /etc/hotplug/* -> e.g. ifup ifup calls ifup-wireless, or ifup-dhcp, or whatever seems appropriate from the configuration.
I ask because when I insert the card, the module's loaded and the SSID appears to be set properly, but I still need to run ifup-wireless manually for it to connect to the base station, and for dhcpcd to get an IP...
Maybe you need to add WIRELESS=yes to the ifcfg file. Peter