Re: Priority of network interfaces
Alexandre Rossi wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> the wireless interface before I get a connection. Is there any IF
>> priority setting available in Debian? What I'd like to do is tell Debian
>> to use the wired interface when both are available.
>
> There are, as far as I know, three ways to do this :
> - dirty hack to automatically ifdown wlan0 before eth0 goes up (using
> pre-up stanzas in /etc/network/interfaces). There may be more
> complicated things using a lockfile for example.
> - using ifmetric to route traffic through the cable instead of the
> wireless NIC. - using the bonding kernel driver as suggested[1] once to
> prioritize the cable. I could not make it work with wpa_supplicant and
> ipw2200 though, but in my view, it feels like the perfect setup for a
> laptop.
knetworkmanager - I don't know if it's available for Debian yet, but there's
a version for Ubuntu. With network-manager, the wired interface always
takes precedence. You may find, however, that it lacks enough features for
your configuration - it's working well for me with two wired and two
wireless networks.
--
derek
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