Network Manager questions
Ricardo Veguilla
veguilla at hpcf.upr.edu
Thu Oct 14 13:04:26 UTC 2004
On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 05:00 -0700, Bikehead wrote:
> I started playing with the most recent NetworkManager (0.2-4) and I must
> say it is very nice. I've set up NetworkManger to start as a server,
> disabled the ONBOOT flag on my ethernet and wireless interfaces, start
> NetworkManagerInfo when my session starts, and added two network
> monitoring applets to my panel.
>
> I unplug the cable and the warning sign goes up and the interface is
> taken down. I plug it in and the warning sign disappears and the
> interface is up again.
>
> So how can I have the wireless interface go down when the wired one
> comes up? My concern is that the wired interface is 50 times faster
> then the wireless so if it is connected I want traffic routed over the
> faster interface. However, if I unplug I want the wireless interface to
> take over: automatic switch over. Is there a way to configure the
> NetworkManager to do this?
That is exactly what NetworkManager is supposed to do. Read below...
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 at 17:00:28 -0400 Dan Williams wrote:
> NetworkManager is the combination of a system daemon and a user-side
> daemon to automatically manage your network devices, attempting to keep
> a network connection up and running. If you're at your desk with a
> cable plugged in, and unplug that cable, NM will attempt to connect to a
> wireless network you've selected previously, and when you plug back in
> (after the meeting, or after the park, whatever) it will switch back to
> the wired connection.
Regards
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Ricardo Veguilla <veguilla at hpcf.upr.edu>
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