On Tue, 3 Apr 2012, Mike Connors wrote: > I cannot get my eth0 to go in / out of the "running" state by running ifup > / ifdown, although it works with the loopback interface.
On Slackware, using 'ifconfig eth0 up|down' I can. > Also, two default routes on the same network and I have no problems. Same here with all hosts other than this one Sony Vaio. > So if the only difference between your two laptops in terms of wireless, is > the radio and more importantly the driver. Which you had problems with > previously. I'm inclined to believe that driver is not functioning the way > it should be. > > It shouldn't be in a "running" state unless there is physical connectivity > and packets are flowing across the interface. The eth0 interface is not RUNNING, but the routes are there and so is the constipation. > As for the script idea, why not just remove the "allow-hotplug eth0" > statement from your /etc/network/interfaces file 'Cause Slackware doesn't have that file. We have /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf where the ethernet and wireless interfaces are configured (but the latter isn't in any case). May well be a still-immature driver since this version of the wireless chip came out only last November. I need a script to keep things simple for the user. And, I have such a script using 'ip' which I did not know existed before. Thanks, Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug