230511 Michael wrote: > On Thursday, 11 May 2023 15:01:51 BST Philip Webb wrote: >> There is another related question : is there a way >> to make both connections simultaneously & switch between them ? > If you configure them both in /etc/conf.d/net with different priorities, both > will come up and obtain routes and IP addresses. Use a different metric for > each to specify which NIC will take priority in your network stack, e.g.: > > metric_enp2s0=20 > metric_wlp4s0=30 > > In the above example the wireless is acting as a fallback when the wired > enp2s0 fails. Using arpwatch or ip-monitor can automate the fallback by > monitoring a particular IP address/route, but to manually switch between them > I think you'll have to shut down the one you don't want. > > Using iproute's 'metric' option to change priorities will also work. > However, > I think established connections will continue to use the previous NIC and > route. > > There may be more sophisticated ways to achieve what you want, other > contributors may have better ideas.
Thanks : I'll save this among my notes. Any further advice in this area is very welcome. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
