Running command at startup?

beorn

Due to a bug in my router's autoselect function, I need to force my PowerMac into 100Mb full-duplex mode every time I start the machine up (it defaults to half-duplex, which causes problems when accessing other parts of the network). If I run the command [code] sudo ifconfig en0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex </pre><hr></blockquote> from the terminal after startup, the machine runs properly on the network, but I hate having to type the command in every time I start the machine up. Does anybody know how to automate this process? I rememeber hearing about a file that I can add commands to so that they will be run at startup, but I don't know anything about the file. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

jj_wi

There's a link at the bottom of this:



<a href="http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/3743"; target="_blank">http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/3743</a>;



FAQ article at BroadbandReports.com to an installer that will install a blank startup item to which you can add your ifconfig command (and anything else you want) - use pico to edit it.

neutrino23

I haven't tried this so I don't know the details but it is possible to invoke terminal commands from Applescript. Once you get an Applescript to execute the terminal commands you like then save it as an application and in system preferences have that application run at login time.

beorn

Thanks, JJ - that helped out a lot. I am now running happily on my 100baseTX full-duplex network!