On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 5:10 PM Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > You still want bridging, not bonding. Preferred is bonding, if it works :) > WiFi doesn't have a cable, so it can't tell you when the > connection goes away, and it can't decide by itself to bring up > a connection. You need a management program that will pick a > network from SSID, negotiate any necessary encryption, and do > all that with a MAC address that does not conflict with another > one on the network.
Have to test it with two wired connections connected to Cisco managed switch. > The bond driver itself can't do that. You might be able to get a > higher-order system to take care of it -- > /etc/network/interfaces *may* be able to figure out a way, > Network Manager might handle this case -- but I'll bet you a > shiny nickel you will have reliability issues that are much > worse than just connecting it to the wired ethernet and leaving > it alone. Sure, will look into more detail into /etc/network/interfaces/ ** earlier mail missed adding debian user list. sorry. Thanks. On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 8:20 PM Jaikumar Sharma <jaikumar.sha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 5:10 PM Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > > You still want bridging, not bonding. > Preferred is bonding, if it works :) > > WiFi doesn't have a cable, so it can't tell you when the > > connection goes away, and it can't decide by itself to bring up > > a connection. You need a management program that will pick a > > network from SSID, negotiate any necessary encryption, and do > > all that with a MAC address that does not conflict with another > > one on the network. > > Have to test it with two wired connections connected to Cisco managed switch. > > > The bond driver itself can't do that. You might be able to get a > > higher-order system to take care of it -- > > /etc/network/interfaces *may* be able to figure out a way, > > Network Manager might handle this case -- but I'll bet you a > > shiny nickel you will have reliability issues that are much > > worse than just connecting it to the wired ethernet and leaving > > it alone. > Sure, will look into more detail into /etc/network/interfaces/ > > Thanks.