Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing "eth0" with "wlan0"

[Abraham Gyorgy]

Steve L. írta:
>
>
> On 3/7/07, *Abraham Gyorgy* <hangcsapda@×××××.com
> <mailto:hangcsapda@×××××.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello again :)
>
>     I've switched my networking from wired "eth0" to "wlan0". I'm using
>     ndiswrapper with Win32 driver and an USB WiFi adapter. Everything is
>     fine, but...
>     When I set up my Gentoo installation, I've added net.eth0 to default
>     runlevel (it provices the networking in the init system). My ethernet
>     driver (forcedeth nvidia nforce2 chip) is compiled in, using DHCP.
>     All I
>     had to do is to add net.eth0.
>     Now when my system boots it is waiting 1-2 mins for DHCP, then goes
>     forward, but (in the init system) there is no networking, so Samba and
>     other stuff doesnt work.
>     I want to replace this thing,
>
>     1) ndiswrapper module should go to /etc/modules.autoload folder
>     2) then wlan0 device appears, I want to do "iwlist wlan0 scan", then
>     DHCP for wlan0
>     3) all this stuff should go nice to init system, eth0 should be
>     removed,
>     so wlan0 should provide the init system with "net".
>
>     Now I wait for eth0 dhcp'ing, then modprobe, iwlist, and dhcpcd by
>     hand,
>     but it is time consuming and not so nice.
>     What to do exactly guys?
>
>     Thanks a lot!
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>
> You could tie the net dependent services to the net.lo line, and
> afterwords bring up either net.eth0 or net.wlan0 manually (Remove them
> from the rc default).  It's not pretty but it could work.  The other
> consideration is to build your profile primairily for which net
> connection you intend to use the most (Wired/Wireless)
Thanks for answers guys, I'll return, hope I'll succeed.
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