[Novices] wireless problem fedora 4

[Eric Beversluis]

On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 09:02 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > > '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.

Also apropos Bridleman's query: At the time I needed the cable
connection to look at the router and see if it was recognizing the
wireless. And there are times when, for example, I want to unplug the
cable, go upstairs, and get online with wireless. Will I have to go in
and manually turn off eth0 each time I do this?

EB
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