On 4/14/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">B.J. McClure</b> <<a href="mailto:keepertoad@verizon.net">keepertoad@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>> I have an Avaya (orinoco chip) pcmcia network adapter plugged into my<br>> laptop. Setting up wireless works just fine.<br>><br>> However, on reboot, I must always open System > Administration ><br>
> Network and<br>> activate the card before it will connect, even though the "Activate<br>> device<br>> when computer starts" and "Allow all users to enable and disable this<br>> service" are both checked.
<br>><br>> The wired port, eth0, always tries to activate even though these<br>> boxes are<br>> unchecked for that device, and there is no cable connected.<br>> Sometimes, it<br>> even says it is connected, even though it obviously isn't.
<br>><br>> Can anyone make sense of this and tell me how to get the wireless<br>> device<br>> automatically connected on boot?<br><br>Did you look at configuration file in /etc/sysconfig/network-<br>scripts/<your device name>? I had difficulty getting the gui to write
<br>to the config file and had to edit by hand. Make sure the option<br><br> ONBOOT=yes<br>is set.<br><br>Cheers,<br>B.J.<br><br></blockquote></div>Thanks for the reply. The config file looks fine, including the ONBOOT line.
<br><br>I have to go into the Network Configuration dialog each boot and Activate the interface.<br><br>Gerry<br><br>