From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 28 17:09:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDED510656C3; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:09:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deischen@freebsd.org) Received: from mail.netplex.net (mail.netplex.net [204.213.176.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 859A98FC0C; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:09:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deischen@freebsd.org) Received: from sea.ntplx.net (sea.ntplx.net [204.213.176.11]) by mail.netplex.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/NETPLEX) with ESMTP id n2SGuBAs024202; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:56:11 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS and Clam AntiVirus (mail.netplex.net) X-Greylist: Message whitelisted by DRAC access database, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (mail.netplex.net [204.213.176.10]); Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:56:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:56:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen X-X-Sender: eischen@sea.ntplx.net To: Sam Leffler In-Reply-To: <49CE51E2.4000807@freebsd.org> Message-ID: References: <1238217783.00093348.1238205603@10.7.7.3> <20090328160858.GA57695@auricle.charter.net> <49CE51E2.4000807@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: "J. Porter Clark" , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switching from wired to wireless getting "network down" X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel Eischen List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:09:21 -0000 On Sat, 28 Mar 2009, Sam Leffler wrote: > J. Porter Clark wrote: >> I've been playing around with this sort of setup, too, where I >> want a command line to change from wired to wireless (at the >> same IP address, even) and back again. I haven't found the >> magic solution, particularly one that doesn't have a lot of >> hardcoded network config in it. I'm also somewhat ticked that >> "route flush" doesn't really flush all routes like the man page >> says. 8-) Eventually, I usually arrive at a point where I can't >> find my way back and have to reboot to get some work done. >> >> Some things I've been using are "route delete " >> and "route add -ifp default". Might be a good idea >> to "arp -a -d", too. >> >> > If this is 7.x or later, have you tried using lagg(4) to do automatic > failover? The man page says wpa doesn't work but after talking to Andrew we > think that's no longer true. I haven't had a chance to try it myself. Yeah, but as far as I can recall, lagg isn't able to change the MAC address on the cloned wlanX interface. lagg with wireless and wired interfaces used to work before wlan cloning was added. I haven't tested it in a while, though. Has this been fixed? -- DE