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authorJames Rayner <james@archlinux.org>2008-07-14 21:24:33 +1000
committerAaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com>2008-07-17 16:30:07 -0400
commite13ee23fd2d0035150d178fc683079696fb446fc (patch)
tree330a52e2ae0fc898f36093997209f4a208d19990 /network
parent84f76aafc5f6d7f3d2c2141d2930e42dcb82def0 (diff)
downloadinitscripts-e13ee23fd2d0035150d178fc683079696fb446fc.tar.xz
Add some useful error messages to wireless code
Additionally add optional WIRELESS_TIMEOUT parameter Signed-off-by: Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'network')
-rwxr-xr-xnetwork25
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/network b/network
index 8c17ee7..a7dd136 100755
--- a/network
+++ b/network
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ ifup()
echo "usage: $0 ifup <interface_name>"
return 1
fi
- eval iwcfg="\$wlan_${1}"
- if [ "$iwcfg" != "" ]; then
- /usr/sbin/iwconfig $iwcfg
- /bin/sleep 2
- fi
+
+ wi_up $1 || return 1
+
eval ifcfg="\$${1}"
if [ "$ifcfg" = "dhcp" ]; then
# remove the .pid file if it exists
@@ -35,6 +33,23 @@ ifup()
return $?
}
+wi_up()
+{
+ eval iwcfg="\$wlan_${1}"
+ [ "$iwcfg" = "" ] && return 0
+
+ /usr/sbin/iwconfig $iwcfg
+ [[ -z "$WIRELESS_TIMEOUT" ]] && WIRELESS_TIMEOUT=2
+ sleep $WIRELESS_TIMEOUT
+
+ bssid=`iwgetid $1 -ra`
+ if [[ "$bssid" = "00:00:00:00:00:00" ]]; then
+ printhl "Could not associate $1 - try increasing WIRELESS_TIMEOUT and check network is WEP or has no security"
+ return 1
+ fi
+ return 0
+}
+
ifdown()
{
if [ "$1" = "" ]; then