net.redirectme.perrin.trueos.openrc.wlan0.workarounds.sh

#!/bin/sh
echo "   "
echo "   net.redirectme.perrin.trueos.openrc.wlan0.workarounds.sh "
echo "   "
echo "   – a series of OpenRC commands that may help in situations where a "
echo "     known good wireless Internet connection does not begin when expected …"
echo "   "
echo "   a request to stop the DHCP client daemon for wireless networking, "
rc-service dhcpcd.wlan0 stop
echo "   a wait of two seconds …"
sleep 2
echo "   "
echo "   a request to stop the supplicant for WEP, WPA and WPA2, "
rc-service wpa_supplicant.wlan0 stop
echo "   a wait of two seconds …"
sleep 2
echo "   "
echo "   a request to stop the 'wlan0' wireless network interface, "
rc-service network.wlan0 stop
echo "   a wait of two seconds …"
sleep 2
echo "   "
echo "   a request to start the interface, "
rc-service network.wlan0 start
echo "   a wait of thirty seconds, which should be long enough for "
echo "   start of the supplicant, association with the preferred network and "
echo "   start of the DHCP client daemon …"
sleep 30
echo "   "
echo "   the default route, "
echo "   "
time route show default
echo "   "
echo "   a wait of five seconds …"
sleep 5
echo "   "
echo "   DNS information, "
echo "   "
drill
echo "   "
echo "   ----"
echo "   "
echo "   If that did not have the desired effect, and "
echo "   if your computer has a switch for wireless, then you can try: "
echo "   "
echo "   a) switch off "
echo "   b) wait a second or two "
echo "   c) switch on "
echo "   d) again, wait a second or two "
echo "   e) another run of this script. "
echo "   "
echo "   ----"
echo "   "

Re trueos/trueos-core#205 (comment) – in particular, the recent port of /etc/rc.d/netif from FreeBSD – I am prepared for eventual retirement of this script. All other users of the script should please be prepared to do the same.