Yes. (In linux the answer is always 'yes' ) You have to learn the intricacies of the 'route' command. See 'man route'
If you also learn the more arcane features of ppp (see 'man pppd') it is also possible to do things like auto dial on demand, load balancing, and even funky stuff like link aggregation with multilink ppp (There is a tutorial on setting dial on demand in the documents section of www.mandrakeuser.org) derek On Thursday 14 Nov 2002 1:50 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > what i'd like is to be able to have both active simultaneously > and determine as necessary which one to use for agiven > function/connection. is that possible? > > > --- Original Message --- > From: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem & Ethernet > > >On Thursday 14 Nov 2002 12:34 pm, you wrote: > >> On Thursday 14 Nov 2002 4:22 am, Matthew Harrison wrote: > >> > Hi all, > >> > I was just wondering if it is possible to use both my > > modem and my > > >> > ethernet for internet connectivity. I have a Toshiba Laptop > > (Satellite > > >> > 1800-S204) and at work I use the built in ethernet card to > > get on the > > >> > internet via windows, but I want to start using linux. At > > home I have > > >> > dial-up and I have a modem card installed and it is detected > > and will > > >> > connect, but I cannot do anything on the net. I guess the > > question is > > >> > can linux be set up to know to use either/or for the net? > > Thanks. > > >> > -Matt > >> > >> Yes you can. > >> Open Mandrake Control Centre>Network>Connection > >> > >> Near the top of the GUI you see a box marked profile which > > contains the > > >> entry 'default' - This defines your default internet access, > > and is most > > >> likely currently set for 'lan' and in the box underneath you > > probably see > > >> Internet Access > >> Type : lan > >> > >> Now create a new profile - call it dialup or something , > > select the new > > >> profile in the drop down list, and then go through the Wizard. > > In the > > >> wizard unselect lan, and select modem, give the dial up > > parameters for your > > >> ISP. Exit with 'OK' > >> > >> Now when you click on the 'Internet' icon on your desktop you > > can select > > >> dialup from the Profile selection, and the button underneath > > will switch to > > >> 'Connect:modem' > >> > >> Thats it. Just switch between the two profiles any time you > > want to change > > >> your connect method. > >> > >> derek > > > >On a related note - > > > >I have an ethernet always-on connection, but would like to use a > > modem > > >occasionally to send faxes. Would the profile trick work for that? > > > >Anne
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