wpa_supplicant runs against eth0 (netplug?)

blandoon · Last edited by blandoon on Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:54 pm; edited 1 time in total

I have a laptop with a wired port (eth0) and a Broadcom wireless NIC (eth1) using bcm43xx. Recently, within the past several reboots, wpa_supplicant and the other wireless-related stuff sometimes tries to run on eth0 instead of eth1.

Weirder still, it apparently only does this on every second reboot (if I restart, or shutdown and power-on, it runs on eth1 again like normal).

I'm not sure where to look for this, or which logs I should post - any help is appreciated.
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dtulig · n00b Joined: 01 Dec 2006 Posts: 9

When starting wpa_supplicant, pass it which port to use. For example: "wpa_supplicant -Dwext -ieth1 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf" (note: -D defines which drivers to use)

blandoon · Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject:

Where do I pass this? wpa_supplicant is started automatically by netplug.
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dtulig · n00b Joined: 01 Dec 2006 Posts: 9

I don't have netplug so I can't help you there. There is probably a setting somewhere within netplug to define which interface you want to use.

blandoon · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:56 pm Post subject:

Anyone? I checked the netplug script, and I can't tell how netplug detects which interface it should run wpa_supplicant on. If there's another config file I need to check, I don't know where it is.
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gemini91 · Guru Joined: 27 Nov 2003 Posts: 317 Location: Naples, Fl

In my case eth0 or eth1 comes up as my wireless connection, and
the other gets backgrounded by netplug. If I plug in a cable it automatically
connects.

If it matters which name gets assigned to your wireless card then
go to the "Documentation Tips & Tricks" forum and search on netplug.
You will find a "How to statically map or rename network devices".