hmm, on Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 03:47:53PM -0400, Dan Harnett said that > It would be more convenient to just have trunk handle it, though. Any > connections will not be disrupted and you don't have to mess around with > any part of the network. You can have hotplugd(8) handle it for you. > > /etc/hostname.re0: > up > > /etc/hostname.trunk0: > trunkproto failover trunkport re0 > dhcp NONE NONE NONE > > Then have hotplugd setup urtwn0 on attach. > > ifconfig urtwn0 nwid BLAH wpa wpakey blahblah up > ifconfig trunk0 trunkport urtwn0
this seems to work great both when the nic is inserted right from boot time, or when inserted later. > When you want to switch back to the wired interface, just plug the cable > in, wait a few seconds for any autonegotiation, and you can safely > unplug the urtwn0. now the only last question remaining: should any commands be executed before removing the usb wifi? sometimes i get this: /bsd: ehci_idone: ex=0xd1f4b000 is done! -f -- i know someone with the exact same name! really? who?