f8: NetworkManager + runlevel 3 problem

Aaron Konstam akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Mon Nov 12 15:27:40 UTC 2007


On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 09:20 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Timothy Murphy wrote:
> > 
> > WiFi and ethernet use different devices, with different interfaces
> > and different MACs, so in my experience, at least,
> > they don't affect one another in the slightest.
> > 
> Where they can affect each other is in things like the default
> route. Is your default route through the wired or wireless
> connection? If your wired connection goes down, should your wireless
> connection become the defaults route. Or should the wireless
> connection have preference when it comes to the default route? Do
> both interfaces provide a route to the Internet?
> 
> One situation that I would expect to be fairly common is a laptop
> that uses a wireless connection to the Internet, but gets plugged in
> when you are back at your desk. You would want the wired connection
> to take over when it is there, but the wireless connection to take
> over when you unplug. You would probably want the wireless
> connection to go down when the wired connection is plugged in.
> 
> Mikkel
NM  essenntially does everyting described in your last paragraph.
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