On Tue, 10 Apr 2012, Mike Connors wrote: > That's not what I meant. I should have written "have you deleted the > static ip config stanza from /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf file and then tested > net connectivity over wifi.?"
No. The eth0 interface needs to come down when wlan0 is up, even if eth0 is not running. eth0 is needed on the lan. > Also, as Slackware will start up the interfaces in the order they are found > in that file, have you tried listing wla0 first? Maybe if wlan0 starts up > first, it's def gwy would get preference. The other thing you could do is > not define the def gwy for eth0 or have a rc.inet1.bak with the eth0 static > ip config. When you connect to an eth lan, just copy that file over > inet1.conf. If this was true why would the Dell work just fine without rearranging rc.inet1.conf? > Of course these are just band-aids to get you working over wifi assuming > the Dell is similarly configured. All things being the same in this > equation, same distro rev, WICD and static ip config, the only other > variable between the two computers is the NIC driver. Which argues for a kernel upgrade if switching from wicd to network-manager doesn't cure the symptoms. Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
