>> >> One of my Gentoo systems is located in a separate building from the >> >> router. The wireless connection always seems to be strong, but >> >> periodically the services that depend on net.ath0 stop because it >> >> loses the connection. Issuing 'rc' always brings them back. Is >> >> there any way to prevent this from happening? I'm mainly concerned >> >> about sshd. > >> > Then let them depend on net.lo. >> >> What about sticking 'rc' in the crontab? No good? > > What's wrong with setting RC_STRICT (?) appropriately, it's what it is > for. With the right setting, net.lo will satisfy sshd.
Thank you, I do think RC_NET_STRICT_CHECKING is what I'm after. - Grant
