On 20 Jan 2006 00:30:26 -0500, Shreyas Ananthan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aaron Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > <snip> > > > While my script is some overly complicated perl that tries to find one > > of my preferred networks here is what it would look like as simple > > bourne shell script (last two lines optional depending on network and > > use as pre-up script or standalone script): > > <snip> > > > #iwconfig $INTERFACE key 0a1b2c3d4e > > #dhclient $INTERFACE > > <END OF SCRIPT> > > <snip> > > My script works exactly the way you described. My problem is with the > last line, when I try dhclient. It seems to do an ifconfig down/up > again, which means I have to run iwlist scan again to get the wireless > working again. What I want is a way to disable dhclient from doing its > own ifconfig down/up on eth1 (or eth2 sometimes!), so that the iwlist > command doesn't have to be run separately on another xterm/console. > Try not run dhclient directly. You can configure all you need in /etc/network/interfaces: For example: iface eth1 inet dhcp pre-up modprobe ...... post-up iwlist eth1 scan post-up iwconfig eth1 rate 11M post-up iwconfig eth1 essid ...... #post-up iwconfig eth1 key ......
Use "ifup eth1" and "ifdown eth1". Bin > Shreyas. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >