Rick> I don't claim to be an expert, but I think that there Rick> is a basic misconception about the relationship Rick> between sockets and interfaces here. As I Rick> understand it a socket represents an end point. Rick> An interface is a connection to the outside. ...
I have also been struggling with this concept for a while. Sometimes, I would be using my wireless network adaptor on my laptop. During a large file download, I wanted to unplug the wireless and plug in a much faster network cable. I never could get it to work, and it occurred to me that when I brought the wireless interface down, I lost the IP address that was at one endpoint of the connection. I was confusing the endpoint with the interface. If what you're saying is true, I should be able to leave both interfaces up, and solve the traffic bottleneck by creating some clever routes. Specifically, I would have to create a route on my gateway box that sends any traffic destined for my laptop through the wired connection, even if there is a more straightforward (but slower) route via the WLAN. It looks like it's time for some more experiments! Alan . -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
