/etc/network/interfaces or /etc/pcmcia/network.opts?

[Bruce <bestb@sympatico.ca>]

I have recently installed a new hardrive on my HP Omnibook 500, and 
reinstalled Woody from scratch. I used to use the /etc/pcmcia/network.opts 
file to run my wireless 802.11b PCMCIA card (SMC 2632W), and it worked pretty 
much perfectly, i.e., the interface was brought up on boot, down on suspend 
and up on resume, without my ever having to worry about it.

I understand (mentioned in the docs for the linux-wlan-ng wireless drivers) 
that Debian is now moving to control all network cards, including pcmcia, 
from /etc/network/interfaces, and that /etc/pcmcia/network.opts is being kept 
for backward compatibility. In the interest of using the current 
configuration standards, I set up my laptop using /etc/network/interfaces. 
With a little tweaking (i.e., I had to comment out the "auto" lines), I now 
get my wireless network card to be brought up automatically on boot. However, 
it now no longer will come back automatically on resume.

Should it?? Is there a way to use the /etc/network/interfaces to bring the 
card back up automatically when resuming?? Or should I just go back to using 
the /etc/pcmcia/network.opts for configuring this card??

Bruce