Re: add -powersave to hostname.if

[Ken M]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 11:30:42PM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> 
> If powersave is enabled, you'll see "powersave on (XXms sleep)" on the
> ieee80211: [...] line.
> 
> If powersave is disabled (which is the default), nothing special is printed.
> 

Good to know, thank you.

Ken

Re: add -powersave to hostname.if

[Stuart Henderson]

On 2018/06/19 18:09, Ken M wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 04:53:21PM +, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> > 
> > hostname.if(5) has this:
> > 
> > "Any lines not matching these packed formats are passed directly to
> > ifconfig(8)."
> > 
> 
> After reading the manpage again for hostname.if last night I spotted the way 
> it
> suggests to put uptions at the end of the inet line, or the dhcp line. So I 
> made
> my last line this:
> 
> dhcp -powersave

You can do that, or you can put options on a line by themselves and
they're passed directly to ifconfig.

> That seems to have solved my intermitten network issues that I was guessing 
> were
> caused by the wireless powersave. To ask a side question I am not noticing a 
> way
> to confirm powersave is disabled from the ifconfig command.

If powersave is enabled, you'll see "powersave on (XXms sleep)" on the
ieee80211: [...] line.

If powersave is disabled (which is the default), nothing special is printed.

Re: add -powersave to hostname.if

[Ken M]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 04:53:21PM +, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> 
> hostname.if(5) has this:
> 
> "Any lines not matching these packed formats are passed directly to
> ifconfig(8)."
> 

After reading the manpage again for hostname.if last night I spotted the way it
suggests to put uptions at the end of the inet line, or the dhcp line. So I made
my last line this:

dhcp -powersave

That seems to have solved my intermitten network issues that I was guessing were
caused by the wireless powersave. To ask a side question I am not noticing a way
to confirm powersave is disabled from the ifconfig command.

Ken

Re: add -powersave to hostname.if

[Stuart Henderson]

On 2018-06-18, Ken M  wrote:
> My thought was just to add the line
>
> -powersave
>
> in the file, just like I had added it to an iconfig commandline. Hostname.if 
> man
> pages don't specify anything about it that I can see.
>
> Was my thought a stupid thought?
>
> Ken
>
>

hostname.if(5) has this:

"Any lines not matching these packed formats are passed directly to
ifconfig(8)."

add -powersave to hostname.if

[Ken M]

My thought was just to add the line

-powersave

in the file, just like I had added it to an iconfig commandline. Hostname.if man
pages don't specify anything about it that I can see.

Was my thought a stupid thought?

Ken