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Sam Leffler wrote:
> Using device names is a bad idea.  Take a look at wpa_supplicant (for
> example) for how to check the media status to determine whether a device
> is wireless.

I agree that it's not optimal, and I would prefer a dynamic solution
as opposed to a static one. What mechanism would you suggest that
would be available to a shell script relatively early in the boot process?


Doug