On 20.11.2021 16:15, Eric wrote:
> On 19.11.2021 16:36, Eric wrote:
> I have a chicken/egg problem.
>
> I want to have wlan1 as an interface. I have created a connection to use it.
> But it doesn?t exist on reboot so I?d like to have a script in pre.d/ that
> will add the interface but NM refuses to start the connection because the
> interface does not exist. Is there a way to get the script to execute
> earlier so that it can create the virtual interface prior to the connection
> check if its present?
>
> On 19.11. 2021 17:32, Andrei wrote:
> You need to explain in more details what wlan1 interface is and how it is
> added.
>
> wlan0 is instantiated automatically when the driver is loaded. I use it as
> an AP interface. I want to have AP/STA so I need to create wlan1 for the
> client interface. I do this with:
>
> iw dev wlan0 interface add wlan1 type managed
>
> but this interface does persist across power cycle so I need to create it
> every time. I would like to have the interface created when networkmanager
> tries to bring up the connection, but the script with the above command (in
> the pre.d directory) does not get called before networkmanager tells me there
> is no interface for the connection.
>
I do not think it is possible. Just create startup script to add second
interface.
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