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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:06:57 -0500
From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>
To: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org>
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Subject: Re: Something incorrect in networking scripts.
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On 6/20/05, Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org> wrote:
> I have a Thinkpad r50e with a PRO/Wireless 2200BG WLAN nic - iwi device.
> When I set it up in rc.conf to be called wlan0 instead of iwi0 :
>=20
> ifconfig_fxp0_name=3D"lan0"      # Change interface name from fxp0 to net=
0.
> ifconfig_lan0=3Ddhcp
> ifconfig_iwi0_name=3D"wlan0"
> ifconfig_wlan0=3D"inet 12.23.34.45 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid MY_SSID"
>=20
> and then create /etc/start_if_wlan0 :
> iwicontrol wlan0 -d /usr/local/libdata/if_iwi -m bss
> iwicontrol -i wlan0 -r
> ifconfig wlan0 up
>=20
> The file does not seem to be used. When I rename it to start_if_iwi0 it i=
s not used either.
> I need to manually run the lines from it.
> lan0 is brought up fine with dhcp.
>=20
The format for the name of the start_if* file (as seen in /etc/network.subr=
) is:

    /etc/start_if.${ifn}

You'll need to rename your file to start_if.wlan0.

Scot