I found due to a similar query recently that wired connections take precedent over wifi connections in Network Manager so all traffic should have been going across the wired connection.
s/ On 17 November 2015 at 14:24, Nigel Verity <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I have arrived at a situation where I have 2 routers in my home network. > > Router A provides the connection back to my iSP while router B serves > purely as a wireless access point. B is connected to A. > > I connect wired devices to router A through powerline adaptors and > wireless devices talk to router B. > > There is no real need for the wired and wireless devices to talk to each > other, so the fact that they don't have sight of each other is not a > problem. > > I recently discovered that my Dell laptop routinely had both wired and a > wireless interfaces active. This means it was accessing both routers > simultaneously. > > The wireless connection on the Dell is now switched off, but I can't say > I've noticed any change to internet performance for better or worse. The > route duplication seems to have been managed perfectly well without any > explicit configuration on my part. > > For my own enlightenment can anybody with more networking knowledge than > me (which is practically everyone) suggest how my internet traffic is > likely to have been routed across these two connections? I would have > expected contention at the very least. > > I doubt that it's relevant in this instance but the Dell runs Ubuntu Mate > 15.04 > > Thanks > > Nige > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood "TBA are particularly glib"
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