netcfg2 question

z0phi3l · 2008-07-07 01:03:33

OK so I'm a happy camper sorta.

Got netcfg2 working for the most part, here's my question:

It doesn't start at boot, but I think I know why, I have it set correctly and runs from the command prompt, I also have it in my networks in rc.conf, do I need to have it in the interfaces? And can I have eth0="dhcp" removed but still have it function if I really need to plug mt laptop into a wired network, and is that timing out causin netcfg to not load at boot?

I know it works because I'm typing this from the laptop and the wire is not connected, so it's just some tweaking I need to do

phisphere · 2008-07-07 06:24:57

what you need is net-profiles to be added into daemons section in rc.conf.
also put ! infront of network - no need to load them both.

for a wired neetwork just copy the /etc/network.d/examples/ethernet.example to the /etc/network.d/ethernet and add ethernet to the NETWORKS list. works well for me.
networks line should looks something like this: NETWORKS=("auto-wireless wlan0" ethernet)

ensure if you have auto wireless in networks list, add SCAN=yes to network profiles.

kett · 2008-07-07 06:24:58

For netcfg to start you need the following two items:

NETWORKS=( your-configuration-to-start )

DAEMONS=(... net-profiles ...)

ST.x · 2008-07-07 11:17:47

phisphere wrote:

what you need is net-profiles to be added into daemons section in rc.conf.
also put ! infront of network - no need to load them both.
for a wired neetwork just copy the /etc/network.d/examples/ethernet.example to the /etc/network.d/ethernet and add ethernet to the NETWORKS list. works well for me.
networks line should looks something like this: NETWORKS=("auto-wireless wlan0" ethernet)
ensure if you have auto wireless in networks list, add SCAN=yes to network profiles.

According to the wiki for detection on boot, you may set SCAN="yes" in each profile, and add them to NETWORKS=() in /etc/rc.conf. So if you use NETWORKS=("auto-wireless <interface>"...) then you don't need to set SCAN=yes in the network profiles.

phisphere · 2008-07-08 06:02:32

but that doesn't do any harm either, if you have scan=yes in profiles. (:

Gluffs · 2008-07-09 20:08:02

A tip if you dont mind a few clicks to connect is to use Archassistant. Its a very nice GUI for handling netcfg profiles and to connect. Im using it cause im to lazy to write in console and i switch between atleas 3 different wireless networks. So having my wireless autoconnect at boot aint a practical soulotion for me.

Archassistant is created for the KDE desktop but i run in XFCE whitout any issues.

kclive18 · 2008-07-09 20:27:59

Gluffs,

Are you referring to wlassistant? I use that on my laptop; since it works directly with the network daemon rather than its own, it works like a charm Wifi-radar, networkmanager, and wicd didn't work that well with my laptop.

faelar · 2008-07-09 21:06:25

Archassistant (AUR)

Netcfg2 is able to manage both ethernet and wireless.
So eth0="dhcp" can be removed if you have an ethernet profile with this option. i.e : On my desktop computer I have a "home" profile with a static ip, and a "dhcp" profile with... hum... I let you guess the answer for this one.

On my laptop netcfg is used to handle wireless network, and ifplugd for the wired one.

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