[CentOS] Turning Wireless Radio on and off: how?

[Alain Spineux]

On Jan 7, 2008 11:40 PM, Mark Weaver <mdw1982 at mdw1982.com> wrote:
> Alain Spineux wrote:
> > On Jan 7, 2008 6:10 PM, Mark Weaver <mdw1982 at mdw1982.com> wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I've got a Dell Inspiron 1501 with a Broadcom 1390 Wlan mini card
> >> (integrated) wireless lan chipset. I've got an init script setup to
> >> activate the wireless connection at boot time, however when the system
> >> boots the adapter doesn't connect. I'm not able to get a connection
> >> until after the desktop is done loading and I run the script from the
> >> command line.
> >
> > what about running your script from the
> > /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.
> > Start it at the end of it, but be careful if your scrip block the boot
> > process, your systm will block! Be sure to have a rescue CD ready.
> >
> > Regards
> >
>
> well... I've got it starting as a service, however it doesn't make the
> connection. when the system starts to run the script the script runs
> fine but the wireless doesn't make the connection. "Network is down" is
> reported to the console as the system is booting.
>
> Once the desktop loads and I'm logged in, if I issue "service wireless
> restart" (I've got it setup as a sysV init script) the wireless connects
> perfectly every time.

Are you using NetworkManager ?
NM require the user to be logged to access to the crypted key.

>
>
> Mark
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