Re: ifwatchd - howto choose cable/wifi

[Daniel Horecki <morr+lists%morr.pl@localhost>]

herbert langhans <w3%langhans.com.pl@localhost> writes:

>> > Ethernet cable fxp0:
>> > Wifi card ipw0:
>> >
>> > DHCP enabled, no need for WPA (router is using MAC to filter).
>> >
>> > I would like my laptop to choose either the Ethernet connection if the
>> > cable is pluged in. Or, if the cable is not connected, to start the
>> > Wifi. Both use DHCP. Just for booting.
>> >
>> > So far I have my /etc/rc.d like this:
>> > dhclient=YES
>> > dhclient_flags="fxp0"
>> > dhclient_flags="ipw0"
>> > ifwatchd=yes
>> >
>> > But it always starts up the Wifi ipw0. I have to set some flags or
>> > create some scripts, right?
>> >
>> > Is anybody out there, who has already done this? I googled for examples,
>> > but not very successful. I know I am doing something wrong, but don't
>> > get the idea of ifwatchd ...
>> >
>> > Thank you!
>> 
>> Something like this: 
>> http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/bx/blosxom.cgi/nb_20070816_1133.html
>> Regards
>> Daniel Horecki
>
> Yes and no. I have found it before, but it is with all the WPA-things
> in. I have just an open Wifi with DHCP - there might be a simple
> solution, but I dont get it how to plug the things together ...
> Cheers
> herb langhans
>

wpa_supplicant could be used to connect to wifi network with WPA, WEP or no 
encryption.
But you can replace wpa_supplicant startup with ifconfig commands in scripts. 

Regards,

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