wireless Deactivate script

[Timothy Murphy]

Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote:

>>>> If you create an ifdown-wireless script, it should get called
>>>> automatically. You can look at the /sbin/ifdown script to see what
>>>> script it looks for, and when they are run.

>>> Your suggestion didn't work, because near the bottom of /sbin/ifdown it
>>> had:
>>>    DEVICE = wlan0
>>>    DEVICETYPE = eth
>>> whereas in order to work as indicated, it needed:
>>>    DEVICETYPE=wireless

>> Maybe you need to say "TYPE=wireless" in
>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0  ?

> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
> already has "TYPE=Wireless" (note cap),
> and this does not appear where needed
> above.

OK - it was only a guess ...
Incidentally, as far as I can see, capitals don't matter here.
Eg "MODE=Managed" and "MODE=managed" seem to have the same effect.

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