On Monday 06 January 2003 11:21 am, joseos@okstate.edu wrote:
Sorry for the mistake in the other email.
The problem is that I have a wireless network configured and working but I do not know how to redirect it so that for example mozilla and the other programs could use it. The system is using eth0 that is the one assigned to the network card, but I want to use eth1 that is the one used by the wireless card.
This is a routing issue -- most likely your "default route" is directed through the (wired) lan card. Whenever a program makes a connection attempt to a system that is not itself, it has to look "on the network" for it. For example, let's say your "wired" card is on 192.168.1.x and your "wireless" card on 10.11.12.y. If you try to connect to a web server at 192.168.1.28, then your system knows to use the wired card. Likewise, if you try to grab e-mail from a pop server located at 10.11.12.99, your system knows to use the "wireless" card. If you try to get connect to a system that isn't on the 192.168.1 or 10.11.12 "networks", then your system tries the "default" route. In order to "force" the wireless card to be selected, you need to know the address (or name) of the device ON the "wireless' network that acts as the gateway -- add that to your system's routing table as the "default" route/gateway and you should be set.