Hi Alvin,

> systemd specifies a special passive target unit 'network-pre.target'
> which may be pulled in by services that want to run before any network
> interface is brought up or configured. Correspondingly, network
> management services such as iwd and ead should specify
> After=network-pre.target to ensure a proper ordering with respect to
> this special target.
> 
> For more information, see systemd.special(7) and [1].
> 
> [1] https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/NetworkTarget/

so what does this really do in practice. Both daemons are fully hotplug aware and it makes no difference when they are started.

Regards

Marcel