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
-- 
Ricardo Veguilla <veguilla at hpcf.upr.edu>




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