On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 02:55:42PM +0200, Frank Trenkamp wrote: > Hi, > > > But if you really wanted to use wlan0 the just create a sym link called > > wlan0 in /dev that points to eth0 > > Some thing like: > > > > cd /dev > > ln -s eth0 wlan0 > > uhm, that won't work. Network interfaces are created "on the fly" by the > kernel, there are no corresponding device files in /dev .. even if eth0 is up > and running, you will find no /dev/eth0, and most likely no wlan0 either. > > I have never used devfs so far, so I don't know if that makes a difference, > but I guess not.
Yes. the devfsd userland daemon has a config file, and you can tell it that when certain events happen to eth0 you want it to make a symlink wlan0 -> eth0. I'm using it in another context to make /dev/mouse -> the usb mice if usb is found, otherwise psaux. . | . Heather Stern | [EMAIL PROTECTED] --->*<--- Starshine Technical Services - * - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' | ` Sysadmin Support and Training | (800) 938-4078
