[KLUG Members] command line to start wireless

[Tim Gray]

On Thursday 15 December 2005 02:02 pm, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> I have set my computer so the wireless (eth2) does not start on boot.
> (To save the time issues that arise when there is not wireless).
>
> There doesn't seem to be a way in the Mandrake system to start eth2 once
> it has booted. (As noted in a previous threat, the popup from the tray
> icon only gives the option to start eth0.  And I haven't found anything
> else in the Mandrake management system.)
>
> Is there a command I can type on the command line to do this?

Is eth2 configured?  If so, "ifup eth2" ought to do the job.  It's been a 
while since I've used Mandrake, but that was how it worked when I did.

(I am now of the opinion that Mandrake is a bit brain-dead... but that's just 
because I've become an elitist propeller head and run Slackware. *wink*)

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--Tim Gray
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