Re: automatic wlan connection at bootprocess on Etch only on second try?

Michael Lansche wrote:
> Hi Frank,
>
> Am Samstag, 30. Juni 2007 01:05 schrieb Frank Feldner:
>
>> Try adding a wpa-driver statement:
>>
>> iface eth2 inet dhcp
>> wpa-driver your-driver
>> wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mynet.conf
>> auto eth2
>>
>> Than debug WPA-SUPPLICANT Client:
>> sudo wpa_supplicant -i eth2 -D your-driver
>> -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -d
>>
>> Try also:
>> sudo dhclient eth2
>>
>> Restarting network interface:
>> sudo ifdown eth2
>> sudo ifup eth2
>>
>> Post outputs and syslog entries related to the above activities.
>>
>
> the wext driver is taken by default.
>
> Here's the output after manually taking down eth2 (ifdown eth2).
>
> Etch-nb:~# ifup --verbose eth2
> Configuring interface eth2=eth2 (inet)
> run-parts --verbose /etc/network/if-pre-up.d
> run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools
> run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant
> wpa_supplicant: using default driver type: wpa-driver wext
> wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -P /var/run/wpa_supplicant.eth2.pid -i
> eth2 -D
> wext -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mynet.conf -C /var/run/wpa_supplicant
> Starting /sbin/wpa_supplicant...
> wpa_supplicant: ctrl_interface socket located at /var/run/wpa_supplicant/eth2
>
> dhclient3 -pf /var/run/dhclient.eth2.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.eth2.leases
> eth2
> Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
> Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
> All rights reserved.
> For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
>
> Listening on LPF/eth2/00:1b:77:38:26:de
> Sending on LPF/eth2/00:1b:77:38:26:de
> Sending on Socket/fallback
> DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
> DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
> DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1
> DHCPREQUEST on eth2 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> DHCPACK from 192.168.0.1
> bound to 192.168.0.3 -- renewal in 121643 seconds.
> run-parts --verbose /etc/network/if-up.d
> run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/avahi-daemon
> run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/mountnfs
> run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate
> run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/wpasupplicant
>
> My config is working, but only at the second try at the end of the
> bootprocess.
>
> Any further ideas?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards
> Michael
>
>
>

I had a very similar problem to yours, only my wlan connection would work on the first try about 3 out of ten times. I ended up removing the "allow-hotplug" statement in /etc/network/interfaces for that ethernet device and replaced it with "auto". Now mine works on the first try better than 95% of the time.

It was something to do with udev but I can't recall the specifics right now.

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