[MLB-WIRELESS] iwconfig - Nearly there

[Timshel Knoll]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 09:07:31PM +1000, Matt Chipman wrote:
> Hi all
> I have got my $50 card talking to a linux system via a PLX pci adapter, well
> the lights come on anyway.
> 
> The card has an ip address and shows up under ifconfig as eth0 also uder
> iwconfig.
> 
> This doesnt happed from bootup, i have to issue ifup eth0 for it to get to
> this stage.

I guess you're using Debian (well, you've got ifup ...). Add the line:

auto eth0

before your "iface eth0 ..." line and eth0 will be brought up
automagically at boot time.

Cheers,

Timshel

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