[CentOS] Wifi not working (Solved--Sort of...)

[Phil Savoie]

Stephen Harris wrote:
> Create a simple S09 script (eg S09PROMISC) which basically just does
> "/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 promisc up"
> 
> eg create this as /etc/init.d/PROMISC and then do "chkconfig PROMISC on"
> 
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> # PROMISC puts wlan0 in promisc mode
> #
> # chkconfig: 2345 09 91
> # description: puts wlan0 in promisc mode
> 
> case "$1" in
>   start) touch /var/lock/subsys/PROMISC
> 
>          /sbin/ifconfig wlan0 0.0.0.0 promisc up
> 
>          ;;
>   stop)
>         # Do nothing
>         rm -f /var/lock/subsys/PROMISC
>         ;;
>   status|restart|reload)
>         # Do nothing
>         ;;
>   *)
>         echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}"
>         exit 1
> esac
> 
> exit 0
> 
> 
> It might work... who knows :-)
> 
Great suggestion Stephen!  Thanks very much!  Just tried it out and it 
works fine.  Just have one question... any reason not to leave the 
interface in promiscuous mode?

Thanks,

Phil