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Re: boot sequence and network (madwifi)



2007/9/21, Hans-J. Ullrich <hans.ullrich@loop.de>:
> When I manually configure the cards, using "/etc/init.d/network restart",
> the card is seeing the accesspoint (98 percent at the first time, at 2 percent
> I have to do it twice) and the dhcpclient is giving the IP as required.
>
> Conditions:
> I have two network cards, one wired (eth0) with a fixed IP (but not
> connected), and the wlan card (ath0) obtaining an IP with dhcp.
> Hint: both network card are configured, to access to the same gateway.
>
> Checked: All modules are loaded properly at boot, before obtaining an IP
>
> Checked: Without done an "/etc/netwiork/interfaces restart", a manually
> command "dhcpclient 192.168.1.1 ath0" does not work. Error message is: Device
> not known.
>
> Checked: ifconfig is telling me all devices, wifi0 and ath0 are available.
>
> So, what is the difference between the behaviour at first boot, and the
> behaviour doing an "/etc/init.d/networking restart" ?

how does /etc/network/interfaces and your wpa config (if you use it) look?

martin

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