Phil,
Thanks for getting back to me - that sounds like it is what I was looking for. I had done a bit of searching for an answer but did not get that Ubuntu forum result! Presumably I add my script after done ?? All the best Ed Phil Thompson wrote: > On 11/02/2009 Edward Kerr wrote: >> I need to run a script AFTER the wireless network has definitely come >> up and is functioning. >> > > some stuff at > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1027173 > > may help > > or use lack of a succesful ping to make it wait ... > > while [ `ping -c 1 www.yahoo.com | grep "1 packets received"` = "" ] > do > sleep 5 > done > > > > Phil _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
