From 15ce3671ac19b599dc11e68b5585a6fd50a09099 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Troy Ihmels <82420648+t-ihmels@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 12:13:44 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] update documentation

Co-authored-by: aler9 <46489434+aler9@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 docs/2-usage/17-start-on-boot.md | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/2-usage/17-start-on-boot.md b/docs/2-usage/17-start-on-boot.md
index f8730ec2..f64cf32e 100644
--- a/docs/2-usage/17-start-on-boot.md
+++ b/docs/2-usage/17-start-on-boot.md
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Create a _systemd_ service:
 ```sh
 sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/mediamtx.service >/dev/null << EOF
 [Unit]
-Wants=network.target
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/mediamtx /usr/local/etc/mediamtx.yml
 [Install]
@@ -24,6 +25,12 @@ WantedBy=multi-user.target
 EOF
 ```
 
+Enable a _wait-online_ service to make sure that _MediaMTX_ is started after network has been properly initialized:
+
+```sh
+sudo systemctl enable systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
+```
+
 If SELinux is enabled (for instance in case of RedHat, Rocky, CentOS++), add correct security context:
 
 ```sh