On 20.11.2021 16:15, Eric wrote: > On 19.11.2021 16:36, Eric wrote: > I have a chicken/egg problem. > > I want to have wlan1 as an interface. I have created a connection to use it. > But it doesn?t exist on reboot so I?d like to have a script in pre.d/ that > will add the interface but NM refuses to start the connection because the > interface does not exist. Is there a way to get the script to execute > earlier so that it can create the virtual interface prior to the connection > check if its present? > > On 19.11. 2021 17:32, Andrei wrote: > You need to explain in more details what wlan1 interface is and how it is > added. > > wlan0 is instantiated automatically when the driver is loaded. I use it as > an AP interface. I want to have AP/STA so I need to create wlan1 for the > client interface. I do this with: > > iw dev wlan0 interface add wlan1 type managed > > but this interface does persist across power cycle so I need to create it > every time. I would like to have the interface created when networkmanager > tries to bring up the connection, but the script with the above command (in > the pre.d directory) does not get called before networkmanager tells me there > is no interface for the connection. >
I do not think it is possible. Just create startup script to add second interface. _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
