There is no cable plugged in when I use the wireless. Here is ip addr with no cable and just wireless. However, I have manually removed the offending eth0 entry...I can reboot and run this again with the offending eth0 entry if needed. root@orca:/etc/network# ip addr 1: lo: mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:24:e8:fa:3a:aa brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet6 fe80::224:e8ff:fefa:3aaa/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 3: wlan0: mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:24:d6:4d:f4:5c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.25.150/24 brd 192.168.25.255 scope global wlan0 inet6 fe80::224:d6ff:fe4d:f45c/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever root@orca:/etc/network# Mark On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 9:44 AM, wrote: > What does: > ip addr show > shows? > Is there a cble plugged to that interface? > ET > Mark Phillips writes: > >> My Debian testing laptop running gnome has two interfaces - eth0 and >> wlan0. >> When I switch to wlan0, the routing table has an entry for eth0, so I >> cannot access my local network. >> root@orca:/home/mark# route >> Kernel IP routing table >> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use >> Iface >> default gateway 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 >> wlan0 >> link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 >> wlan0 >> 192.168.25.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 >> eth0 >> 192.168.25.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 >> wlan0 >> if I remove the eth0 line, I can connect to my local lan. >> How do I permanently remove this route? I can do it manually with route >> del >> -net....., but that does not survive reboot. I have no idea where this >> setting is created. >> When I switch to eth0 (ie plug in a cable), I get this routing table, >> which >> is correct. >> root@orca:/etc/network# route >> Kernel IP routing table >> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use >> Iface >> default gateway 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 >> eth0 >> link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 >> eth0 >> 192.168.25.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 >> eth0 >> Thanks, >> Mark >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >