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rkomar · 03-26-2012, 08:52 PM

I'm not sure about the problems with NetConnect, but you could kludge a solution by calling your program from a shell script, and wrapping it in calls to netagent connect/disconnect. Here's how I do it in my sshd start and stop scripts:

Code:

# Connect to the net first if necessary.
ifconfig eth0 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
  touch /tmp/sshd-connected-to-wifi
  /ebrmain/bin/netagent connect
fi

... do stuff here

if [ -f /tmp/sshd-connected-to-wifi ]; then
  rm -f /tmp/sshd-connected-to-wifi
  /ebrmain/bin/netagent disconnect
fi

The code connects to the net if required, and disconnects later if it had been originally disconnected.

03-26-2012, 08:52 PM	#2
rkomar Wizard Posts: 2,986 Karma: 18343081 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	I'm not sure about the problems with NetConnect, but you could kludge a solution by calling your program from a shell script, and wrapping it in calls to netagent connect/disconnect. Here's how I do it in my sshd start and stop scripts: Code: # Connect to the net first if necessary. ifconfig eth0 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then touch /tmp/sshd-connected-to-wifi /ebrmain/bin/netagent connect fi ... do stuff here if [ -f /tmp/sshd-connected-to-wifi ]; then rm -f /tmp/sshd-connected-to-wifi /ebrmain/bin/netagent disconnect fi The code connects to the net if required, and disconnects later if it had been originally disconnected.