On Sunday, 21 May 2017 3:51:35 ACST jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Hello,
It happens that I have today two internet boxes. My main computer is connected to the two ones (one by ethernet, the other by wifi)
I use mostly the wifi only to connect to the box itself by IP (internal network), but sometime, for administrative purpose, I need to access internet by the second (wifi) box - mainly when I need to connect to the provider network.
How can I instruct firefox to use the wifi network when necessary? is it possible to give route infos in the url?
thanks jdd (firefox, opensuse 12.2)
No - not in the URL. This is a network question, not an application question. Firefox does not know anything of IP or TCP - that is the job of the network stack. Firefox only knows html (or, more correctly, the top layers of the OSI protocol stack), which plays no part in routing at all. Routing is a layer 3 function. You'll need to set a static route to the service provider's network via the wifi interface, which will then override the default route used for everything else (a more specific route will always take precedence over a more general one, and the default is the "route of last resort"). Regards, Rodney. -- ============================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker@iinet.net.au ============================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org