Re: wired or not wired, that's the question

["wimpunk" <wimpunk@gmail.com>]

John Schmidt wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 October 2006 16:16, wimpunk wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm running debian testing on my laptop and I have a question about
> > choosing a configuration.
> > I use my laptop on wired and wireless environments.  At this moment I
> > switch manually but I want to get it done automaticly: if there's a
> > wire plugged in (with signal) try to use it and if no signal, try to
> > get wireless up.  Has anyone a suggestion on how to do it?
> >
> > Tnx,
> >
> > wimpunk.
>
> Use a combination of ifplugd and guessnet.
>
> ifplugd will check to see if you are ethernet cable is plugged in or wlan is
> up.
>
> guessnet when appropriately configured via /etc/network/interfaces will choose
> which network to associate with.
>
> Be sure to read /usr/share/doc/{guessnet,ifplugd}/README.gz
>
> John
>
>
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Thnx, I'll take a look at it.

wimpunk.