Well it was working, then I wanted to add this to my /etc/conf.d/net: essid_ra0=( "my essid" )
Now the same problem is happening again, any advice? Nothing else in my /etc/conf.d/net except for this: sleep_scan_ra0="5" config_ra0=( "dhcp" ) On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Tony Miller <mcfiredr...@gmail.com> wrote: > That was just it! Thank you so much. > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Friday 12 March 2010 06:12:55 Tony Miller wrote: >> > I have added /etc/init.d/net.ra0 (my wireless interface is called ra0 >> > instead of wlan0) to the default runlevel. It starts the script at boot, >> > but it acts like the device has not been brought up(i.e. with ifconfig >> ra0 >> > up). For instance the boot log will say: >> > >> > * Starting ra0 >> > * Configuring wireless network for ra0 >> > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : >> > SET failed on device ra0; Network is down >> > Error for wireless request "Set encode" (8B2A) : >> > SET failed on device ra0; Network is down >> > Error for wireless request "Set essid" (8B1A) : >> > SET failed on device ra0; Network is down >> > >> > And so on and so on for all the different settings, until it finally >> gives >> > up. >> > >> > I can do ifconfig ra0 up, iwconfig ra0 essid any, dhcpcd ra0 and connect >> to >> > the network just fine! Of course I would like it to start at boot >> however. >> > >> > Any ideas? The init script is broken? The actual init script is very >> > complicated, and even if it were easy to just add "ifconfig ra0 up" >> > somewhere to it, I'm not sure if that's the "best" solution. >> >> Look at /etc/conf.d/wireless.example to see how you are meant to configure >> /etc/conf.d/net to manage your wireless card either using iwconfig, or >> using >> wpa_supplicant. You probably need something like: >> >> sleep_scan_ra0="3" #where "3" is three seconds >> >> HTH. >> -- >> Regards, >> Mick >> > >
