Top posting cos you did :-) There are utilities that monitor network connections and adjust things as they come and go. For example the wired ethernet connection can be monitored for plug in/out and brought up or down - and bringing up or down should also insert/delete a default route.
Similarly (and even more easily because events are automatically generated by the pcmcia stack) the insertion or removal pcmcia/pccard wireless devices can trigger similar results. The "results" from these events are a little distro specific, they are basically service startup/shutdown defaults, and each distro has its own scripts for bringing services up or down. This is one of the more annoying things about the multitude of distros - everything should do it the same as $MYFAVOURITEDISTRO :-) It sounds like SuSE may be set up to only insert a default route for eth0 (or perhaps only set one if there is not already one present). That has some sense to it, but may not suit everyone. Enough ranting...can I suggest that when you unplug your wired connection that you make sure the interface is brought down properly - that should eliminate the default route through that network. Then plug the pccard wireless thingy in and (if necessary) alter its bring-up settings or script to set a default route. Similarly if you want to switch back to wired take the pccard out, then plug in the wired and bring it up. On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:02:11 +1300 Roger Searle wrote: > Well naturally I would only ever want to use one at a time, and of > course it's much faster on wired. Not as convenient though and "she who > must be obeyed" doesn't like cables everywhere. (don't ask - I don't > know WHAT the problem is there) > > I may want to pick up the notebook and move to another room for a > meeting, without needing to reboot. Or move out onto the deck on a nice > summer's day, or to the bedroom with no network access, after being on > the wired network. This doesn't work out of the box - I think it should > - but glad to see that it will be possible and looks easy. > > Roger > > > > Nick Rout wrote: > > >But why would you want the wireless runnning if you are plugged into the > >wired network? All my experience tells me that performance over the > >wired network will exceed the wireless one. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
