Hi,
This is something I noticed while I was playing around with my Triband connection on USB. If I start (or reboot) my router after my computer has started, the network interface for the USB connection is detected but not enabled automatically. I have to manually up the interface.
I guess this behaviour is expected under debian since network configuration (upping of interfaces) takes place only at startup through /etc/init.d/networking. Any network devices detected after startup will be configured but not enabled.
Shouldn't default behaviour be to simply enable the interface if it is defined as auto in /etc/network/interfaces?
On Wednesday 04 Apr 2007 01:07:50 Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
Hi,
This is something I noticed while I was playing around with my Triband connection on USB. If I start (or reboot) my router after my computer has started, the network interface for the USB connection is detected but not enabled automatically. I have to manually up the interface.
I guess this behaviour is expected under debian since network configuration (upping of interfaces) takes place only at startup through /etc/init.d/networking. Any network devices detected after startup will be configured but not enabled.
Shouldn't default behaviour be to simply enable the interface if it is defined as auto in /etc/network/interfaces?
You might want to set some udev rules.
On 4/4/07, Mrugesh Karnik wrote:
On Wednesday 04 Apr 2007 01:07:50 Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
Shouldn't default behaviour be to simply enable the interface if it is defined as auto in /etc/network/interfaces?
You might want to set some udev rules.
i guess this should help you http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html#external-run
On 4/4/07, Vihang Dudhalkar vihang007@gmail.com wrote:
i guess this should help you http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html#external-run
That helped, thanks :)
I still feel though that the USB interface should be brought up on connection (and down on disconnection) automatically if it's set to auto in /etc/network/interfaces. In other words, the customization I've done now should be in there by default. That's the expected behaviour right?
Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
On 4/4/07, Vihang Dudhalkar vihang007@gmail.com wrote:
i guess this should help you http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html#external-run
That helped, thanks :)
You could tell us about the usb setup for triband connections. How you configured it, step by step.
On 4/6/07, Rony ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
You could tell us about the usb setup for triband connections. How you configured it, step by step.
Sure, I think there's an MTNL section in the wiki. I'll add into it in a couple of days time.
On 4/8/07, Siddhesh Poyarekar siddhesh.poyarekar@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/6/07, Rony ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
You could tell us about the usb setup for triband connections. How you configured it, step by step.
Sure, I think there's an MTNL section in the wiki. I'll add into it in a couple of days time.
I've put up a Howto on the wiki for MTNL Triband configuration. It includes some extra steps that need to be performed for USB as well. Please take a look:
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/MTNL_Triband
There's a TODO on the Talk page. Please chip in to address them as well as identify more TODOs.
Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
I've put up a Howto on the wiki for MTNL Triband configuration. It includes some extra steps that need to be performed for USB as well. Please take a look:
http://db.glug-bom.org/wiki/index.php/MTNL_Triband
There's a TODO on the Talk page. Please chip in to address them as well as identify more TODOs.
Thanks. So Linux simply detects the usb adsl and sets it up with an interface name. Thats nice. :)
On 4/10/07, Rony ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Thanks. So Linux simply detects the usb adsl and sets it up with an interface name. Thats nice. :)
Yes. It was a really really pleasant surprise for me actually. I had already assumed that I may have to do some driver hunting for this since Windows needs the drivers off the CD ;)
Of course, if the interface could be brought up automatically after the device is detected the story would have had the perfect end. But I guess this is probably more of a distro issue than complete lack of functionality.
Can anyone try out Triband through USB on distros other than Debian and see if the interface auto-enables every time the device is loaded?
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