Single network connection using multiple profiles

Apologies if this has already been asked - I have searched!
Is there a way of setting up netcfg - or a wrapper script - so that it tries multiple profiles but then stops when it finds one that works? These profiles might be a mix of wired or wireless - so simply using net-auto-* doesn't look like a solution (unless I'm misunderstanding them?).
My laptop often lives in my office where it is connected to a wired connection. But, being a laptop, it is sometimes moved and will need, in most cases, to connect to a wireless connection.
I'd like the system, during boot, to try profiles in a given order and stop when one connects - is this possible?

Sounds like what netcfg normally does if you enable the service? Or net-profiles as the initscript was called. (This is based on documention, never used this myself.)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … t-Profiles
Edit: I run net-auto-wired and -wireless with POST_UP and PRE_DOWN commands to stop net-auto-wired when a cable is plugged in and restart it when the cable is removed. Seemed to work pretty well, but I think I've never actually used a wired connection since I set that up...
Last edited by Raynman (2012-11-21 16:47:30)

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