Connecting to internet using two network interfaces ?

[Radar_mX]

hi all

distro : BT4 final

I have searched google and other forums a lot but no luck

I want to connect to internet using wireless card (wlan0) and using ethernet (eth0) at the same time at the same time .
(wlan0) should connects to AP and (eth0) connects to ethernet my home router

NOTE: there should be two different connections (networks) , two IPs at the same time

wcid , it only connects either wireless (wlan0) or ethernet (eth0) but not both


reason:
I want this because with the ethernet I run VNC server and I open vncviewer with windows computer to control it and with other network (wlan0) I want to do some stuff ...etc not to mention

VNC over ethernet cable is fast while transfering screen ... etc

[macphail]

ifconfig(8): configure network interface - Linux man page
http://linux.die.net/man/8/iwconfig
How To Add Multiple IP Addresses On Linux / Fedora Core / Fedora
etc etc etc....

you may want to spend some small amount of time brushing up on your google-fu. the links above may not be the best for you (and certainly not BT specific), just the most obvious hits from the first page of the search.
good luck with that.

[Radar_mX]

first thanks for the reply

the second link talks about connecting with multiple ips using same interface and same network so it is not what I want

I think I was searching wrong key words so there were no good results in searches

btw I am not a beginner
I will try to read ifconfig manual

[macphail]

np.
at its core, 'ifconfig <device> <address>' is pretty much what you want. there are other considerations, but i'm thinking you can handle it.

[gunrunr]

actually if hes using the command line to connect his wifi he would be using iwconfig instead of ifconfig. an example would be

iwconfig wlan0 interface essid "ap essid here"
or interface ap "mac address here"
or
iwconfig --help

for help

[KMDave]

So you do have two different providers at your house?

Just wondering how the setup works.

Well sure there are ways on how to get this set up but will need more info about your environment first. Where do you get the WLAN from?

[lupin]

Setting up two network interfaces is not actually any more complicated than setting up one - the routing is the only thing that you have to concern yourself with, maybe by following something like this or this. Also, if you want traffic destined for particular non directly connected networks to go via particular interfaces, you will need to configure static routes.

[macphail]

actually if hes using the command line to connect his wifi he would be using iwconfig instead of ifconfig. an example would be

iwconfig wlan0 interface essid "ap essid here"
or interface ap "mac address here"
or
iwconfig --help

for help

hence, my original link to iwconfig as well as ifconfig manpages.

[fnord0]

Setting up two network interfaces is not actually any more complicated than setting up one - the routing is the only thing that you have to concern yourself with, maybe by following something like this or this. Also, if you want traffic destined for particular non directly connected networks to go via particular interfaces, you will need to configure static routes.

wow, lupin - those 2 links are paydirt. I had never seen the 'Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO', that really is a great doc. it covers ALOT of ground, even goes into using Zebra for dynamic routing protocols (which really is an awsome project). I also bookmarked that second link calling the larger doc = 'Guide to IP Layer Network Administration with Linux'.

thanks, I love shit like this... volumes of good information.

johnny 5: "Input, more input, intput, more input, Ahhhhhhh, more input!"

oh, yes - and to be "on topic": here's how to route out both interfaces, "this process is actually ECMP, or Equal Cost Multipath Routing. It takes care of using all the interfaces available, but keeps TCP pairs on one interface - a requirement of the protocol."[1]

* ifconfig your IP/netmask and interface "UP"
* then produce the default routes like so :

ip route add default \
scope global \
nexthop dev eth0 \
nexthop dev wlan0

* type 'ip route' to display the current known ip routes::

#ip route
default
nexthop dev eth0 weight 1
nexthop dev wlan0 weight 1

"If you know one connection is faster than another you can weight the routes. This causes the ratio of traffic going to different interfaces to change accordingly. An example of a 1:2 ratio is below"[2]

ip route add default \
scope global \
nexthop dev eth0 weight 1 \
nexthop dev wlan0 weight 2

I just read the quoted article yesterday, figured it was pertinent. =)
[1] quote from article - HackThisZine #10 Using Multiple Interfaces to get 1MB+/s - Anonymous
[2] quote from article - HackThisZine #10 Using Multiple Interfaces to get 1MB+/s - Anonymous

[Radar_mX]

This is easy
problem solved

for people who wants to know

iwconfig [wireless_interface_here] essid [ap_name_here] key [key_here]

then we need to get ip with dhclient

dhclient [wireless_interface_here]

then check if you have two ips with

 ipconfig -a

Now I connect to both networks using (eth0) and (wlan0) interfaces and I checked by going to router configuration page it opens

Thank you guys
macphail I read iwconfig manual then I figured out the solution in minutes , I thought I would need some sort of special things to do but sometimes solutions are easy to find around us