Re: networking question : wpa_supplicant, ifplugd and interfaces

[Stefan Srdic <c_ifda@yahoo.ca>]

B Thomas wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am trying to configure /etc/networking/interfaces, ifplugd and
>wpa_supplicant so that my laptop automatically configures networking
>whenever an interface becomes available. The state of things so far is
>as follows :
>
>
>  
>

>/etc/networking/interfaces:
>---------------------------
>auto lo
>iface lo inet loopback
>auto eth0
>iface eth0 inet dhcp
># Wireless
>auto eth1
>iface eth1 inet manual
>    wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
>    wpa-action /etc/wpa_supplicant/dhclient
>
>  
>
With ifplugd you should only have the loopback automatically configured
at boot. ifplugd will bring the devices up and down depending on their
state. Comment out the auto eth0 & eth1 lines and see how ifplugd behaves.

Stefan