WMP54G & RT61PCI Wont Auto Connect-Solved

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:

> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> > Everything works except the adapter wont auto 
> > connect on bootup.  Annoying that I must perform
> "sudo
> > ifdown wlan0" and sudo "ifup wlan0" once I can
> access
> > a terminal before it connects; sudo ifup wlan0
> alone
> > wont do it. Is there some boot command I could use
> to
> > get it to autoconnect or anything anyone knows
> that
> > would get the adapter to autoconnect.
> 
> You could edit the file /etc/rc.local as root and
> put your commands before 
> the line "exit 0". Then the last lines would look
> like this:
> 
> ifdown wlan0
> ifup wlan0
> exit 0
> 
> Please note: You don't need sudo here because the
> file is executed by 
> root.
> 
>
Worked great! Thanks for that easily applied
workaround. Appreciated very much.


Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net