Dave wrote:
> Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>> Dave wrote:
> unfortunately the LFS docs assume if you have wifi then you have wired.
> They only covered Dynamic addressing. I only have WEP security access
> here. WGET works, that's why I stopped there.
> They seem the skip the "no-wired & Wifi" option, This system, (not a
> laptop), will have limited dedicated use. (audio vinyl to mp3)
>
>
> Even though I have to initiate the network with an iwconfig wlan0 essid
> --- enc ---), and then ifup wlan0. It does start the network that way
> As for the "/etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.*" It wouldn't acknowledge the file
> was there,(ifconfig.wlan0).
>
> I modified the /etc/init.d/network.
> -----------
> case "${1}" in
> start)
> # Start all network interfaces
> # for file in /etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.*
> # do
> # interface=${file##*/ifconfig.}
> #
> # # Skip if $file is * (because nothing was found)
> # if [ "${interface}" = "*" ]
> # then
> # continue
> # fi
> #
> # /sbin/ifup ${interface}
> # done
> /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 essid AUBE enc 9897271076
> #
> /sbin/ifup wlan0
> ;;
>
> ---------
> I did similar for the stop command. Now I can issue 'network start'
> and the network starts as expected. I can ping and wget without dhcp,
> ntpdate,samba and ssh work without it. which makes me ask "Is dhcp
> necessary on a machine with a static IP that
> only uses the one access point.
>
> Where would I insert a 'network start' command without having to log
> in? (headless, I believe they call it).
It could be done automatically or manually depending on ONBOOT. What's
needed is a new script to handle wifi. I can't do it because I do not
have the hardware to do the proper debugging.
However, the consistent way to approach it would be to have
ifconfig.wlan be something like:
ONBOOT=yes
IFACE=wlan0
SERVICE=wifi
ESSID=AUBE
KEY=9897271076
The sequence of scripts is:
/etc/init.d/network
/sbin/ifup (ifdown)
/lib/services/<service>
All these use the environment variables in ifconfig.*.
There would need to be a script, /lib/services/wifi, to handle bringing
the interface up and down. See, for example, /lib/services/ipv4-static
as an example.
Your workaround is an example of the power of open source.
-- Bruce
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