Re: USB wireless adapter auto startup

[BenLau <ben.lau@sw-linux.com>]

Hi Tony Godshall,

  Thankls you.

   However , the solution didn't work for me. Because I won't plug the
adapter when the notebook just power on... I hope it can start
automatlically when I plug it into USB socket.

Tony Godshall wrote:
> According to BenLau,
> 
>>Hi all!
>>
>>  I recently got a USB wireless adapter( GW-US11H) . It required a
>>patched version of linux-wlan-ng. I have patched the source and install
>>it  After I added the configuration of wlan0 to /etc/network/interfaces
>>, and then I can use "ifup wlan0" to start up the device and gain IP
>>through DHCP successfully. However , I would like the device can start
>>up autoamatically. How can I make debian be able to do so?
>>
>>Thanks for any help!
>>
>>p.s that is my /etc/network/interfaces
>>
>>iface wlan0 inet dhcp
>>        wireless_mode managed
>>        wireless_nick mylaptop
>>        wireless_enc off
>>        wireless_channel 1
> 
> 
> in /etc/network/interfaces, change 
>   auto lo
> to
>   auto lo wlan0
> 
> 


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