[gobolinux-users] configuration internet access

[Carlo Calica]

On 2/2/07, Lucas C. Villa Real <lucasvr at gobolinux.org> wrote:
>
> I also prefer to use a WirelessInterface() network task. However, I'd
> modify /P/BootScripts/C/R/Tasks/Network in order to simply call
> WirelessInterface, which would live in the Wireless-Tools package
> then. Updating the Wireless-Tools package seems to be better than
> touching BootScripts.
>

Wireless-Tools makes sense.  I'm thinking it should be called
WirelessConfig.  It'll only deal with iwconfig settings.  Everything
else (ifconfig, dhcpcd) should be handled by NetworkInterface.  Then
changes won't need to be synced.

> > I'd also like to create ifup and ifdown scripts as well.  Lucas, where
> > should those live?
>
> Aren't StartTask/StopTask WirelessInterface enough? Given that
> currently one can use "StartTask Network <interface>", I'd just alias
> ifup="StartTask Network" / ifdown="StopTask Network" instead, putting
> these in some Environment file (Scripts seems to be a good candidate).
>

An alias won't work (needs to be executable from outside a shell) but
a wrapper would work great.  Which package?  And if its one of ours,
wouldn't living in bin be less confusing?

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Carlo J. Calica