[Novices] wireless problem fedora 4

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > 'ifconfig' shows an eth1 with the MAC address of my wireless and an IP
> > address. Is it possible that something is making the computer "think"
> > that it's a cable connection and that's why it can't make the wireless
> > connection?
> OK. Well I went in and shut down both eth0 (cable) and eth1 (wireless),
> made sure that the cable for eth0 was disconnected and then ran 'ifup
> eth0'. This finally worked. 

Right, you can't have two interfaces on the same subnet,  the kernel
won't know how to route things.

> Also when I restarted without the ethernet
> cable I was able to activate eth1 wireless. So at least now I'm in. I'll
> probably experiment some to see what the "rules of engagement" are
> between the two eth's and if I just can't try to have both up at once.

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