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

Tue Jan 8 15:56:29 UTC 2008
Mark Weaver <mdw1982 at mdw1982.com>

Alain Spineux wrote:
> 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.
> 

Hi Alain,

No NM being used here. As a matter of fact I can rarely ever get a 
connection using that method.