Re: starting eth without IP address
On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 11:00:56AM +0300, Kostas Magkos wrote:
> As a temporary solution I added a 'ifconfig eth1 up' line in
> /etc/init.d/networking but I really don't like this approach. I don't
> think that it's even the right thing to do cause of upgrade issues.
On a related note, I'd be interested in a technical explanation of what
'ifconfig XXX up' does, when you don't provide arguments. I need to do
this for my wireless LAN card, in order for 'iwlist scan' to work or to
associate my WLAN card with an ESSID, prior to invoking DHCP via 'ifup
XXX'.
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Jon Dowland
http://jon.dowland.name/
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