Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote: >>>> If you create an ifdown-wireless script, it should get called >>>> automatically. You can look at the /sbin/ifdown script to see what >>>> script it looks for, and when they are run. >>> Your suggestion didn't work, because near the bottom of /sbin/ifdown it >>> had: >>> DEVICE = wlan0 >>> DEVICETYPE = eth >>> whereas in order to work as indicated, it needed: >>> DEVICETYPE=wireless >> Maybe you need to say "TYPE=wireless" in >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 ? > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 > already has "TYPE=Wireless" (note cap), > and this does not appear where needed > above. OK - it was only a guess ... Incidentally, as far as I can see, capitals don't matter here. Eg "MODE=Managed" and "MODE=managed" seem to have the same effect. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland