From: robin_listas@es.invalid
On 02/08/2021 02.44, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 02/08/2021 02.04, Sidney_Kotic wrote:
>> I'm trying to set up a small network of computers. 2 are running 15.3
>> and 1 is at 15.1 (yes, it's obsolete just like me).
>>
>> All of the computers are working with dynamic IP's via WiFi on wlan0.
>> What I want to add is a network of static IP's via eth0 and a small switch.
>>
>> If I change the configuration, via yast, to bring up the eth0 device it
>> shuts down the wlan0 (even though both are defined).
>
> Are you sure the wlan device is switched off? Normally they are both on,
> just that the eth0 device gets preference because of a shorter path - if
> they are on the same lan. If they are on different lans, the routing
> rules decide which one is used for each destination.
Example (sorry for the line wrap):
Legolas:~ # ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163 mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.127 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
inet6 fe80::f8a0:12a3:7a65:18ab prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20
ether 1c:83:41:1b:d8:33 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 35556277 bytes 50832961148 (47.3 GiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 1 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 7595205 bytes 534799628 (510.0 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
lo: flags=73 mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 1228 bytes 120671 (117.8 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 1228 bytes 120671 (117.8 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
wlan1: flags=4163 mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.6 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
inet6 fe80::aa28:a4be:a123:aed9 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20
ether a0:d3:7a:a5:1d:4c txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 728222 bytes 1083459059 (1.0 GiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 227080 bytes 21781259 (20.7 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
Legolas:~ #
As you can see, both eth0 and wlan0 are configured and active.
Legolas:~ # route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 100 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 600 0 0
wlan1
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 100 0 0 eth0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 600 0 0
wlan1
Legolas:~ #
And as you can see, both routing entries are active and "default". The
difference is in the metric.
And it works.
--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
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