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miko

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From: Poland

Registered: 2006-04-16

Posts: 49

ethernet/wifi autoselection?

Hello,
I use network profiles ("NET_PROFILES=(menu)") to choose between ethernet and wifi connections on my laptop. But I would like to make the selection automatically, based on the state of ethernet connection (output of mii-tool), so instead of choosing a menu option, I could just plug in the network cable.
How to do that? Is it (easily) possible with current init scripts of archlinux?

Regards,
miko

miko

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From: Poland

Registered: 2006-04-16

Posts: 49

Re: ethernet/wifi autoselection?

Update: I just found "New network management scripts?" thread in " Arch Discussion"  forum, which partially answers my question.
The thread is there: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=29631
miko

zeus

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From: Korolev / Russia

Registered: 2006-09-19

Posts: 117

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Re: ethernet/wifi autoselection?

try networkmanager

PeteMo

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From: H'Burg, VA

Registered: 2006-01-26

Posts: 191

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Re: ethernet/wifi autoselection?

What I used to do with my laptop was to use ifplugd.  It is a daemon that can bring a network interface up or down based on inserting/removing a cable.  I had the wifi connection as the default on in /etc/rc.conf, but if a cable was plugged in at boot, ifplugd would use the wired connection instead.