On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:27:19 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote: > 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. > [...] DEVICETYPE is used to construct a file name. I think case would be important. Mike.
