On Mon, 15 May 2006 17:02:32 +0200 "Alexandre Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > > the wireless interface before I get a connection. Is there any IF > > priority setting available in Debian? What I'd like to do is tell > > Debian to use the wired interface when both are available. > > There are, as far as I know, three ways to do this : > - dirty hack to automatically ifdown wlan0 before eth0 goes up (using > pre-up stanzas in /etc/network/interfaces). There may be more > complicated things using a lockfile for example. > - using ifmetric to route traffic through the cable instead of the > wireless NIC. > - using the bonding kernel driver as suggested[1] once to prioritize > the cable. I could not make it work with wpa_supplicant and ipw2200 > though, but in my view, it feels like the perfect setup for a laptop. > > Sorry I cannot help more... Cheers, > > Alexandre > > [1] http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/312#comment_9 I have found ifmetric to be very easy to use, and sets up this simply in /etc/network/interfaces: iface wireless inet dhcp wireless-essid any wireless-mode Managed up ifmetric $IFACE 3 iface wired inet dhcp up ifmetric $IFACE 1 Its been a while since I did this, but it would appear that passing ifmetric a smaller number results in a higher priority. I must admit, though, that I am not often in a multi-network environment, so I personally have not heavily tested this. Clayton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
