Re: USB wireless adapter auto startup

[Tony Godshall <togo@of.net>]

Ah, I see.

So what you need it to look at hotplug (which handles usb
events).  I think there's a place in /etc/hotplug/... where you
can put a script like this:

  #!/bin/sh
  ifup wlan0


According to BenLau,
> 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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