Hi and thanks for replying. Just for clarification - how do you expect me to use the bonding feature? I'm not using it on a server where, in the absence of network-manager, the interfaces would be configured by the interfaces during startup; rather, this is a laptop where NM is used whenever possible - which doesn't include bonding setup (at least until NM v0.9.4). I use bonding like this: 1. # stop network-manager 2. Run a command that (preferably) configures everything with zero assumptions about previous state.
Now, about your suggested config: To work at all, it needs "auto wlan0" line added before the wlan0 stanza (wlan1 = wlan0; I did this when I upgraded my wlan card and didn't know about 70-persistent-net). This makes it equvalent to the suggested config in examples/ethernet+hotplug_wifi under ifenslave docs. This solution works, if I use "/etc/init.d/networking restart" as step 2. (About the wlan0 MAC address - don't worry, that's what the wpa-bridge line is for - the supplicant takes the MAC from there and authenticates with it. As long as the hardware/driver doesn't have issues using a different MAC address, it works perfectly.) Howver, back before I filed this bug, I used "ifup bond0" as step 2. With "none" as bond slaves in bond0 stanza, this does not work AT ALL. No slave is added to the bond0 interface, the script waits for 60 seconds and then proceeds to run dhclient on bond0 (which receives no offers for obvious reasons). So, on one hand, I have found how to make bonding work again on 12.04, and thanks for that. OTOH, I do wish that using ifup and ifdown on bond0 would also work - I'd hate to imagine using this in a setup with other, unrelated interfaces I'd rather not down and up just to bring up a bond. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515315 Title: WiFi/ethernet bonding config fails to launch wpa_supplicant To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifenslave-2.6/+bug/515315/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
