rshep...@appl-ecosys.com said: > Doesn't the TC/IP software look at the RUNNING interface? In the case of > the Sony, the routing table has a default gateway for wlan0.
No. TCP/IP doesn't know physical interfaces. It knows IP address. How the packet gets out onto a physical wire is someone else's problem. Yes, you have a default gateway for wlan0. But you said you ALSO had one for eth0. > This raises the question of why it would pick the non-running eth0 when > there's a default gateway for the wlan0. Because the routing table says it's available. And either it finds that route first, or it has a lower metric... > And, shouldn't the OS turn off the eth0 routes when the system boots without > an ethernet cable attached? Normally I would think so, yes. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
