Re: Something incorrect in networking scripts.

On 6/20/05, Marcin Jessa <lists_at_yazzy.org> wrote:
> I have a Thinkpad r50e with a PRO/Wireless 2200BG WLAN nic - iwi device.
> When I set it up in rc.conf to be called wlan0 instead of iwi0 :
> 
> ifconfig_fxp0_name="lan0"      # Change interface name from fxp0 to net0.
> ifconfig_lan0=dhcp
> ifconfig_iwi0_name="wlan0"
> ifconfig_wlan0="inet 12.23.34.45 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid MY_SSID"
> 
> and then create /etc/start_if_wlan0 :
> iwicontrol wlan0 -d /usr/local/libdata/if_iwi -m bss
> iwicontrol -i wlan0 -r
> ifconfig wlan0 up
> 
> The file does not seem to be used. When I rename it to start_if_iwi0 it is not used either.
> I need to manually run the lines from it.
> lan0 is brought up fine with dhcp.
> 
The format for the name of the start_if* file (as seen in /etc/network.subr) is:

    /etc/start_if.${ifn}

You'll need to rename your file to start_if.wlan0.

Scot