my antix 16.2 install was fine.BitJam wrote:I tested antiX-16.2 and I get exactly the same behavior as I get on antiX-17.b3. If I use "allow-hotplug" everywhere then there is no delay when the network is initialized during boot and there are no ipv6 connections. When I use "auto wlan0" then I get a 10 or 15 second delay and I see ipv6 connections in the output of ifconfig. The default in antiX-16.2 is to use "allow-hotplug" everywhere. Therefore the main/only change from antiX-16.2 to antiX-17b3 is that on some/most systems (but not on any of mine) "allow-hotplug wlan0" no longer connects automatically at boot-time.
Instead of focusing on "auto wlan0" which seems like an inferior solution since it enables ipv6, wouldn't we be better off trying to find out why "allow-hotplug wlan0" is broken for some/most people on antiX-17? This is hard for me to pursue because I get exactly the same behavior on 16.2 and 17.b3. My three test machines have different wireless chips and drivers.
I've been thinking the same thing, ie:: fixing the problem. I've been going thru the networking init scripts, in particular the /etc/init.d/networking script, . and I think on my system here, "sudo ip link set wlan0 up" fails to bring the connection up. This command works on my mx16 system. i don't currently have an antiX 16 system handy, as I've upped all of them to 17.
why is this command important: becuase it appears to be a test to see what "allow hotplug" devices the system should enable. so for me, none of them go up because that command fails. Now why does the command fail? I think that may be the root of the problem. If I comment out the test, the behavior is the same as auto, where EVERYTHING is attempted to be brought up with no real test to determine otherwise.
of course, a different test might work as well. but check there and see what you think.
*** of further note: running with /etc/network/interfaces only containing
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# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback