[driverloader] Great it works, How do I set it start 'Automatically' when eth0 is unplugged.

[Linuxant support (Jonathan)]

Hi,

to add more information to the previous posts, if you want to use the 
wireless interface while both the 'eth0' (ethernet) and the 'wlan0' 
wireless interface are up at the same time and you use DHCP to obtain 
the IP information, under SuSE, please add the following lines in your 
'/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan0' file :

---
DHCLIENT_MODIFY_RESOLV_CONF='yes'
DHCLIENT_SET_DEFAULT_ROUTE='yes'
---

Regards,


Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com


KBB0927 at cs.com wrote:
> What distro are you using?
> 
> Under SuSE, it is configured via YAST network, 
> 
>>From a console as root issue "dldrconfig -netdevname=wlan%d" without
> the quotation marks.
> 
> KEith
> mj-barton at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> 
>>Ok, I understand this, however:
>>1. Disable eth0
>>2. Execute dldrconfig --netdevname=wlan0
>>3. Change the "default startup net device" to be wlan0?
>>
>>How do I complete steps 1 & 2?
>>
>>
>>
>>>.. I made sure that I disabled eth0, and when eth1 showed up for my wlan0, I issued >dldrconfig --netdevname=wlan%d and this causes eth1 to always show up as wlan0 >and I have configured my wlan0 to be the default startup net device.
>>
>>-------------- Original message --------------
>>
>>
>>>Michael,
>>>
>>>Make sure you have configured your wlan0. It might be showing up as eth1.
>>>On my laptop using SuSE 9.1, I made sure that I disabled eth0, and when
>>>eth1 showed up for my wlan0, I issued dldrconfig --netdevname=wlan%d and
>>>this causes eth1 to always show up as wlan0 and I have configured my wlan0
>>>to be the default startup net device.
>>>
>>>HTH
>>>
>>>Keith
>>>MIchael Barton wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Ok,
>>>>wlan0 would connect just fine when eth0 was connected with a cat-5 cable.
>>>>I want to only use wlan0 and not eth0 but if I unplug the cable to eth0 and
>>>>reboot wlan0 does not even get started. What do you suggest? I would like
>>>>to have wlan0 start automatically on startup withOUT eth0.
>>>>
>>>>Card: WMP54G
>>>>Distro: Suse 9.1 Personal
>>>>Router: WRT54GS
>>>>ESSID: linksys
>>>>Channel: 6
>>>>Freqency: 2.347Ghz
>>>>
>>>>I want to rely on my wlan. Not eth0, this will remain unplugged. On the
>>>>bootup the kernel loads driverloader just fine.
>>>>I have a 30day trial licesnse.
>>>>
>>>>I think I am missing something in the config file. Remove eth0 from bootup
>>>>somehow.
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>>
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