Hello, In the Message; Subject : Tumbleweed: using Ethernet (bridge) and a Wlan on the same PC simultaneously? Message-ID : <4695473.iomTQH8mdA@silversurfer> Date & Time: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:10:28 +0100 Stakanov via openSUSE Users <users@lists.opensuse.org> has written:
I am using KDE Networkmanager. I have at home a dlan magic2 standard as connecting eithernet standard interface. As the house is old and the electrical wiring (maybe some appliance, who knows) is prone to fall out of order from time to time, I have also a wlan router branched on dlan on another phase (line) (which is not disturbed) in order to backup. Now what I would like to achieve is, to be able to use the ethernet bridge toghether with the wlan, switching interface when the ethernet fails. But that does not seems to work as because of the metric (when Ethernet alone is active the metric is 600, when wlan is also active then Ethernet gets a metric of 425 and the precedence on wlan with 600 - which is intended, I know).
Now this would be a logical case but,when the transfer of data on Ethernet dlan fails it is not that the Ethernet fails. Because the interface is still active, only the connection to the internet fails because the transmission of the data is too disturbed (has IP but does not transmit data).
Is it possible to set up a fallback mechanism to have wlan stepping in, only in case the LAN is disturbed, put into practice using the Networkmanager (KDE)?
How would be the steps to follow?
I'm sleepy, so I'll just give you the gist. 1. Have you installed plasma-nm, too? 2. In the network settings, have you set both LAN and WLAN to automatic connection? 3. Have you set the priority of WLAN connection to be lower than LAN connection? With these settings, you should be able to test it by plugging and unplugging the network cable. Best Regards & Good Nigh. --- ┏━━┓彡 Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiya @ lake.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "To hire for skills, firms will need to implement robust and intentional changes in their hiring practices ― and change is hard." -- Employers don’t practice what they preach on skills-based hiring --