Can we speed up Network Manager?

[utu]

Faint praise accepted.
I never uninstalled NM, just added nonetworkmanager cheatcode to my DEFAULT;
see step 3.
Also, my /etc/rc.local belongs to root.

[utu]

FYI, Here's how I've been timing these results.

I've added these to my .bashrc:

alias wl.go='less /var/log/syslog|grep restart|cut -c11-16'
alias wl.up='less /var/log/syslog|grep renewal|cut -c11-16'

So right after booting up, I can time the event this way:

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ wl.up; wl.go
57:17
56:27

I do the subtraction myself, of course.
Glad to have an expert show me how to program that detail

[utu]

Heres' my latest. On-line now in 50 seconds.

#!/bin/bash

# /etc/rc.local (mine is root:root and executable)

# other stuff(1)

setwifi () { # see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=684495
WIFI="eth1"; dhclient -r $WIFI; ifconfig $WIFI up
iwconfig $WIFI essid "(alphanumeric ssid)" key "(hexadecimal wep)" mode "Managed"
nohup dhclient $WIFI; wait >/dev/null 2>&1
aplay -vv /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.3/share/gallery/sounds/ok.wav
}

# other stuff(2)

setwifi

# other stuff(3)

exit 0

[luther]

Heres' my latest. On-line now in 50 seconds.

#!/bin/bash

# /etc/rc.local (mine is root:root and executable)

# other stuff(1)

setwifi () { # see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=684495
WIFI="eth1"; dhclient -r $WIFI; ifconfig $WIFI up
iwconfig $WIFI essid "(alphanumeric ssid)" key "(hexadecimal wep)" mode "Managed"
nohup dhclient $WIFI; wait >/dev/null 2>&1
aplay -vv /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.3/share/gallery/sounds/ok.wav
}

# other stuff(2)

setwifi

# other stuff(3)

exit 0

Dear utu:

Q: Which version's of knoppix is this script compatible?

I'm interested using WLAN CLI alternatives to the bloated network-manager GUI w/7.0.3!

Regards,
luther

[luther]

Heres' my latest. On-line now in 50 seconds.

#!/bin/bash

# /etc/rc.local (mine is root:root and executable)

# other stuff(1)

setwifi () { # see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=684495
WIFI="eth1"; dhclient -r $WIFI; ifconfig $WIFI up
iwconfig $WIFI essid "(alphanumeric ssid)" key "(hexadecimal wep)" mode "Managed"
nohup dhclient $WIFI; wait >/dev/null 2>&1
aplay -vv /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.3/share/gallery/sounds/ok.wav
}

# other stuff(2)

setwifi

# other stuff(3)

exit 0

ATT: knoppix team
Q: How would this script be ammended to my existing 'rc.local' and made 'root:root' & 'executable'?

#!/bin/bash
#
# rc.local
#
# Start local services after hardware detection

SERVICES="cups"

for i in $SERVICES; do
 [ -x /etc/init.d/"$i" ] && /etc/init.d/"$i" start >/dev/null 2>&1
done

exit 0

THX!
luther