I told ifplugd that my wlan interface is a hotplug one. And it fails to bring wlan up automatically. Below is my "/etc/default/ifplugd": INTERFACES="eth0" HOTPLUG_INTERFACES="eth2" ARGS="-q -f -u0 -d10 -w -I -b" SUSPEND_ACTION="stop" PS. ethernet interface "eth0" works fine with ifplugd. Any hints? Thanks.