Wireless - Ethernet Switch

[Harryc]

I have FC2 installed on a Thinkpad. I have both wired (eth0) and wireless (eth1) connections running. I'd prefer to run wired in the dock and wireless out of it. What is the best way to switch between the two?

[crackers]

As "root", you can enable/disable the connections in a terminal window quite easily:

# ifup ethx
# ifdown ethx

The first will bring "up" an interface, the second will bring it "down." It would be better to down the active connection before bringing the other one up.

You can also use the GUI manager (System Settings -> Network) to enable/disable (up/down) the interfaces, as well.

[Harryc]

Thanks for the reply. I was using both methods, but I thought there might be something a bit more sophisticated like 'netswitcher' for windows.

[crackers]

You can write your own shell-script (bash is pretty easy to learn) that'll do it for you.

[Harryc]

Ok I'll look into it, thanks.

[imdeemvp]

crackers shouldnt this be type like this: /sbin/ifup ethx same for other command?

[crackers]

Yes, that's the full path to the commands, but you have to be root to execute the scripts. I'm lazy that when I need to I'll use "su -" to get the $PATH set.