Switch between WLAN and LAN
Hello all,
i boot up, surf the internet using my eth0 cable modem, all is good.
Then i connect to a wireless network with my wireless card ath0, all is good.
When i disconnect from the wireless network, i can no longer surf the net with my cable modem
I must be missing something, i have googled this but my search phrase is a bit to exact or somethin. Can someone plz tell me what i am not doing and why my firefox cant connect after using wireless. How do i switch back to my eth0?
Try this in the shell console:
>su
bt~# cd /etc/dhcpc
bt dhcpc # ls
dhcpcd-ath0.cache dhcpcd-ath0.info dhcpcd-ath0.info.old
bt dhcpc # rm *
the rm * (removes all your old configs), then try to connect wirlessly again.
Xploitz has also posted this
forums.remote-exploit.org/showthread.php?t=7117&highlight=wpa_supplicant
just put the hxxp:// before forums, I still can't post links.
I have heard of situations where removing a wireless connection didnt revert the routing table (though may have just been 3G sticks, cant remember)
#ip route show
do this inbetween every connect/disconnect and look for the default gateway change etc ?
wtf?
Nice catch. To show the routing table I use the following:Originally Posted by Andy90
route -n
It gives you the entire routing table. For a very simple internet connection, you'd probably get:
However, if you had two simultaneous internet connections, one via wired and one via wireless, it might look like this:Code:Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0
If there are two identical routes for two different network interfaces, then the one with the lower metric is chosen. (If the metrics are the same, I think it uses the routing entry that comes first, I'm not sure).Code:Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 0 eth0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 1 0 0 eth0
If you're having trouble still, then just show us what you get when you type "route -n".
Ask questions on the open forums, that way everybody benefits from the solution, and everybody can be corrected when they make mistakes. Don't send me private messages asking questions that should be asked on the open forums, I won't respond. I decline all "Friend Requests".
@Oktet
I read the post from Xploitz but that is not my problem. thanx anyway though!
Here are my routing tables before i use wireless
and after i use wirelessCode:Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 74.196.188.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default 74.196.188.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
im a bit noobish but i don't want 2 simaltaneous connections, or to mac spoof, i just want my default gateway to go back to eth0 after im done on ath0.Code:Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 ath0 74.196.188.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default 192.168.2.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ath0 default c74-196-188-1.d 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
dhcp seems to be running on eth0 cuz when i type dhcpcd it says it already running. yeah i know im really confused here. how does firefox know which interface to use? been lookin everywhere for days before i just gave in and asked, but my head is starting to hurt! lol
thanx to all the replies guys
When you are done with your wireless interface:i just want my default gateway to go back to eth0 after im done on ath0.
This should clean "ath0" out from your route table. If not:Code:ifconfig ath0 down
Code:route del default gw 192.168.2.1 ath0Firefox doesn't, your TCP/IP stack does. If there is a metric, then the lowest number wins. If not, I believe that each interface is tried in succession and the first one to respond wins (though I am not positive about this).how does firefox know which interface to use?
sorry Virchanza; didn't see that you posted much of the same thing earlier. My apologies.
Kinda fixed maybe a better way though-
cybrsnpr... i tried "ifconfig ath0 down" which did bring down ath0 from routing table and ifconfig, but i still got "this page cannot be displayed" or whatever.
I then deleted the default gw on eth0 from the routing table (which was the only one left after i brouught down ath0) and added it back which didn't help either.
what did seem to work was delete /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-eth0.pid
then restart dhcpcd eth0
So now my question is,
Why do i have to restart my dhcpcd and delete the file for eth0 after i use my ath0? is this just my case or what? just curious. BTW-im running BT3 from a usb stick and all is good with persistent changes. this is my only issue
thanx!
@Oktet
Sorry, this must have been what you were talking about thanks man. that was really getting to me; all good now
I think your /etc/resolv.conf was being overwritten by the DNS server assigned by ath0.
When you took down that interface, the resolv.conf file would not get updated.
Removing the eth0.pid file and then requesting a new DHCP lease via eth0 would then write a good DNS server into the resolv.conf file.
Yes cybrsnpr, i tested and you are exactly right.
when i connect to my wireless, it changes my resolv.conf and didn't change it back until i did that.
what is wierd is i have two different resolv.conf files:
1resolv.conf
2resolv.conf-ath0.sv
Normal right?
The wierd part is right now while im on my wireless ath0, my correct eth0 dns addy is in the ath0.sv file and the correct ath0 dns addy is in the regular resolv.conf this seems backwards but i'm not necessarily questioning it. This is probably routine to most of you but interesting to my noobular logic
Posting Permissions
