On Monday 16 June 2008 12:28:35 Rodney Baker wrote:
Yes, you can use both wireless and wired ethernet but not both to the same network - they must be in different subnets or you will generate routing loops (unless your router supports spanning tree protocol and you then need to run routed on the client to handle the multiple/redundant routes).
You will need to configure each ethernet device via Yast or manually via ifconfig. You will need to use ifup to enable each network device (should be set up automatically by Yast if you tell it to start each interface at boot time or when the cable is plugged in).
If you want to bridge the two networks together then you'll need to install and configure routed; you may also want/need iptables as well.
It can be done - I have 2 laptops configured this way (without packet forwarding) and also have 2 network cards in my desktop machine (all running 10.3) so I know it works.
Regards, Rodney.
please, can you explain how you set up the options for each card? I need to set 2 different names, one for each ethernet card that I want to configure via dhcp/ddns, but I can't find a way to make this mechanism work. So far I always thought that the networking setup in openSuse is as broken and undecipherable as in debian (as opposed to the clear one in Fedora), but if you say that I can make it work how I need it I'll be really happy. Thanks, Nico -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org