Re: Delaying bridge creation


From: Aron Silverton (ajs_at_labs.mot.com)
Date: 2002-09-25 22:20:00 UTC


Vic Berdin wrote:
> Hello Aron,
>
> You can do this in /etc/pcmcia/network script's
> 'start' clause. You can either create and read a .conf
> file of your own wherein a 'bridge_wlan=YES' flag is
> set (or insert a new flag in network.opts), then do
> all the necessary bridging stuff based on the flag
> value. Or you can call a separate script that will do
> all the bridging stuff. On my case, I did the latter.
> I actually removed ALL original lines within the
> 'start' clause, and called upon another script where
> all my network interfaces (wired and wireless) are
> configured (raised/bridged/shutdown). Hence, the
> effect is that when a wireless card is popped in/out,
> all my network settings including
> firewalling/routing/etc automatically adjusts.

Great, it does help. Thanks for the advice that is what I was looking for.



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