Re: autoconnect to wired if link is up

[Ryan Novosielski <novosirj umdnj edu>]

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Stefan Kost wrote:
> Hi Nikolaus,
> 
> Nikolaus Filus wrote:
>> Stefan Kost wrote:
>>
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> I am on ubuntu feisty and use network manager as I roam around with my  
>>> laptop. On my desk I have a wired connection (static ip), elsewhere  
>>> wifi. Now my problem is that whenever I boot the machine it connects  
>>> to wifi. I checked with ethtool that the link status is readable and  
>>> it works. Any ideas how I can make NM use the wired connection by  
>>> default?
>>
>> short answer: doesn't work
>>
>> long answer: feisty's nm is modified to allow static ip by the system
>> configuration files and is not officialy supported by upstream. Either you let
>> NM manage both or none interfaces. Your use case is expected to be possible in
>> the coming 0.7 version.
>>
> thanks for the quick reply. Would it work if I use dhcp on eth0? I mean would it 
> preffer wired over wireless if there is a link on the wired iface?

This is what happens with my laptop on Feisty, so I think this will work
out fine for you.

=R

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