Bug#431657: automatic wlan connection at bootprocess on Etch only on second try

[Michael Lansche <linux@lansche.de>]

Hi Jurij,

Am Freitag, 3. August 2007 23:21 schrieb Jurij Smakov:
> Ok, that looks pretty regular. Another thing I can suggest is to try
> to add a delay (like 'sleep 5') to the start/pre-up branch in the
> /etc/wpa_supplicant/ifupdown.sh, right after conf_wpa_supplicant line.
> That delay should give the WPA authentication some time to settle
> before the dhclient is invoked to obtain an DHCP lease. Let me know if
> it helps.
>

I modified the file this way:

<...>
case "$MODE" in
        start)
                case "$PHASE" in
                        pre-up)
                                kill_wpa_supplicant
                                init_wpa_supplicant     || exit 1
                                conf_wpa_supplicant     || { 
kill_wpa_supplicant; exit 1; }
                                sleep 5
                                ;;
                        post-up)
                                init_wpa_cli            || { 
kill_wpa_supplicant; exit 1; }
                                ;;
                esac
                ;;
<...>

your suggestion works.

I think this way the boot process is a few seconds slower than with my 
workaround.

Nevertheless I'd like to ask which is now the better respectively the more 
Debian-like way?

Is it now a bug or only a specific problem of my hardware?

Thank you very much for your effort.

Best regards,
Michael