Stupied network - Why can't it be friendly?

[Kyrre Ness Sjobak]

No problem!

Ahh.. that laptop will get FC3 the 2nd of November. Promised. (unless i
can bittorrent it :P)

tir, 12.10.2004 kl. 17.43 skrev Dan Williams:
> On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 17:28 +0200, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote:
> > Just wonder: if i and my laptop are in a network which has a wlan, and i
> > connect the ethernet-cable: will it bond wlan and ethernet together,
> > switch to ethernet (change the routing tables?) or what will it do?
> 
> By design, NetworkManager will keep only *ONE* connection/interface up
> at any time.  It prefers ethernet to wireless, so when you are plug in,
> it deactivates the wireless card and activates the ethernet.  When you
> unplug, it deactivates the ethernet and activates the wireless card.
> 
> So, best case scenario is that you unplug, and 10s later you are
> connected to a wireless network and can browse the web, then you go back
> and plug in and 10s later you can browse the web again, all without
> _any_ manual intervention.  Or, you could have a VPN connection brought
> up each time you switch locations, etc.  You get the picture :)
> 
> NetworkManager is mostly for the laptop use-case where people are
> switching between locations/networks with some frequency.  If you want
> to have two connections up at the same time, NetworkManager is not for
> you (yet).
> 
> Dan