Hi again,

On 1/22/21 3:17 PM, Alvin Šipraga wrote:
> Hi Marcel,
> 

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> 
> and replaced it with:
> 
>      Before=network-pre.target

... and also Wants=network-pre.target, but you get the idea.

Kind regards,
Alvin

> 
> ... as is suggested in systemd's documentation. This seemed good to me 
> because it is more generic.
> 
> I then noticed that during boot, iwd would run before this service and 
> connect to an AP. The AP was then kicking us off during the MAC address 
> change. This is how I noticed that iwd was not respecting the 
> network-pre.target order.
> 
> FYI we are using a driver (brcmfmac) which doesn't allow 
> creating/destroying the primary interface.
> 
> 2. Since iwd (and ead? never used it) can also do IP network 
> configuration, it's possible that it runs and does this stuff before 
> certain firewall rules are applied. This is the rationale given in the 
> systemd documentation.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Alvin
> 
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Marcel
>>