rshep...@appl-ecosys.com said: > The ethernet interface is RUNNING only when there's a cable attached. On > the Toshiba, Sony, and Dell, ifconfig shows lo, eth0, and wlan0 at all times. > Only lo and EITHER eth0 or wlan0 is RUNNING depending on whether there's an > ethernet cable stuck in the side.
Yes, but apparently the routing information associated with it is still in the routing tables. You said so yourself - that there were two default routes, one for wlan and one for eth0. The TC/IP routing software is going to use what it finds in the routing table. If the destination doesn't match a specific network in the table, it will look for a default route. If, for some reason, it decides to prefer the eth0 route, that's where it's going to send the packet. When it gets to the physical layer it will find out it can't actually send it, and the transmission will fail. If the metric is the same for both default routes then it's very likely it just uses the first one, which may or may not correspond to how they're listed on the netstat output. You should only ever have one default route. john- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
