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Hi all,

I am setting up a system in a kind of kiosk-environment, where I do not have
a mouse or keyboard on site. This means that I can almost not control any
internal stuff on the system when I am on the site.

My problem is that all network traffic is handled by the wireless adapter,
even when there is no wireless network available or when I have a cable
plugged in my normal adapter. This means that I cannot perform any network
operations without a wireless network (unless I completely uninstall/bring
down the wireless card).
Both adapters have the same settings (gateway, subnet mask), but a different
(local) IP address in the 192.168.0.x range

Configuration:
Redhat 7.3
Wireless network adapter
Wired adapter

Anyone any idea how to make the wireless default, but switch to the other
adapter if no wireless network available (or the other way around: use the
normal adapter, and switch to the wireless if no cable attached)??

Regards,
Hans.

Quote:> Hi all,

> I am setting up a system in a kind of kiosk-environment, where I do not
have
> a mouse or keyboard on site. This means that I can almost not control any
> internal stuff on the system when I am on the site.

> My problem is that all network traffic is handled by the wireless adapter,
> even when there is no wireless network available or when I have a cable
> plugged in my normal adapter. This means that I cannot perform any network
> operations without a wireless network (unless I completely uninstall/bring
> down the wireless card).
> Both adapters have the same settings (gateway, subnet mask), but a
different
> (local) IP address in the 192.168.0.x range

> Configuration:
> Redhat 7.3
> Wireless network adapter
> Wired adapter

> Anyone any idea how to make the wireless default, but switch to the other
> adapter if no wireless network available (or the other way around: use the
> normal adapter, and switch to the wireless if no cable attached)??

There is a package called ifplugd. It detects if the cable is plugged in and
it is able to run the wired NIC up and down.

HTH

Tauno Voipio