On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:55:02 -0700 JD wrote: > On 07/20/2010 08:28 AM, Frank Elsner wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:12:29 -0500 (CDT) lxnf98mm@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> I added a wireless card to a machine that has no gui interface installed, so no NM > >> I configured wpa_supplicant and wlan startup script > >> What I do not get is when the machine boots wpa_supplicant starts after the network script > > "after" is the problem. wpa_supplicant must start *before" network. > > Change the sequence. > > > > > > --Frank Elsner > I have done this numerous times. > Then an update will come and reset the sequence so that in run > level 5, S10network will be executed before S23wpa-supplicant. > > But this has NOT caused any problems for me since I changed > my ifcfg-ra0 to use a static IP address instead of dynamic. I had no problems with dynamic IPs for interface wlan0 :-) > All S10network is doing is simply ifconfig'ing the network interfaces. > The problems will occur if you interface is configured to get it's > IP address dynamically, per /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-$INTERFACE > > That said, I have found the DHCP over wireless does not work for > for me at all - ifconfig is never able to obtain an address. So I used > static IP. Now it does not matter which one starts first. Ups, you should analyze your dhclient problems and fix it. Dynamic IPs are quite usual in WLANs. --Frank Elsner -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines