On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 13:27 +1000, Jarne Cook wrote: >On Tuesday 01 March 2005 12:35, you wrote: >> On Monday 28 February 2005 21:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:59:31 +1000, Jarne Cook said: >> > > They are both using dhcp to the same simple network. That's right. >> > > Same network. They both end up with gateway=192.168.0.1, >> > > netmask=255.255.255.0. But ofcourse they do not have the same IP >> > > addresses. >> > >> > I don't suppose your network people would be willing to change it thusly: >> > >> > wired ports: gateway 192.168.0.1, netmask 255.255.255.128.0 >> > wireless: gateway 192.168.128.1, netmask 255.255.255.128.0 >> > >> > Or move the wireless up to 192.168.1.1 if they think that would confuse >> > things too much. >> > >> > There's a limit to how far we should bend over backwards to support >> > stupid networking decisions. 192.168 *is* a /16, might as well use it. ;) >> > >> > If they won't, you're pretty much stuck with binding applications to one >> > interface or another. >> >> If the goal is to primarily use wired link and seamlessly swith to wireless >> then look into bonding driver in failover mode with wired interface as >> primary. This way you have only one address and userspace does not notice >> anything. > >Damn > >Having to configure the interfaces using bonding was not really the answer I >was expecting. > >I did not think linux would be that rigid. I figured if poodoze is able to do >it (seamlessly mind you), surely linux (with some tinkering) would be able to >do it also. > >The goal was to have the networking on the laptop work as perfectly as >crapdoze does. > >Perhaps I should and this topic to my list of software issues that no-one else >cares about. "man that list is getting big". maybe one day I'll develop the >balls to get deep into the code. > >
Check out NetworkManager. It will do what you want. Daniel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
