"Greg Rundlett (freephile)" <g...@freephile.com> writes: > > I have a system with two physical network interfaces; a cat45 ethernet port > and a wireless card - otherwise known as any normal computer. > > I configured the wired interface (eth0) to be static by editing /etc/network/ > interfaces (see bottom) and I let the network-manager applet handle the > networking system, making my wireless interface address governed by DHCP. > > When the wired port has no connection (because I connect the cable to another > system), the wireless gets all confused and doesn't connect. Sometimes it > doesn't even show my wireless network (causing me to blame the Netgear > wireless router and reboot the wireless router.) Trying a ping to the router, > it tries to go through the wired address.
Yes--you're telling the system to always bring up eth0 at boot, and to set your default gateway to something out through eth0. > This happens even if there is NO wired connection from the time of > boot. You're asking for this by specifying "auto". It sounds like you want to use "allow-hotplug" and *not* "auto"; then you can have have network-manager or ifplugd manage the interface exclusively, sense whether there's a cable attached, and automatically ifup/ifdown the device when you connect/disconnect the cable. -- "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))." _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/