Re: NetworkManager and if-up.d

[Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net>]

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 06:18:49AM -0400, Rob Owens wrote:
> I need to run a script every time my wireless connection comes up, but
> putting one in /etc/network/if-up.d does not work.  NetworkManager has
> provisions for scripts in /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d, but it looks
> like the script that is already there (01ifupdown) is designed to run
> everything in if-up.d -- but it's not working.
> 
> How can I get a script to run when NetworkManager brings up my wireless
> connection?
> 
I'm still not sure why /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/01ifupdown
doesn't seem to be working, but I solved my problem with this script:

/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/20speedup

#!/bin/sh

case "$2" in
        up)
               iwconfig $1 rate 54M
        ;;
        down)
               ## placeholder
        ;;
esac