On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 12:49:11AM -0700, Dazed_75 wrote:
> This sounds overly similar to a problem I was discussing on another
> thread about having both wired ethernet and wireless on my laptop. It
> seems something gets very confused when both interfaces are active.
> Specifically, I was unable to browse web sites or ping hosts. Turned
> out the ping was actually happening but not on the interface the
> system thought it was.
<snip>
> I also found that after about 20 minutes, something unknown would
> cause the wireless interface to correct itself and things began
> working again. Wierd!!!
This sounds a lot like multiple dhcp interfaces. That just doesn't seem
to work very well. Which default route gets used, etc? When a dhclient
renews it's lease it can change your routing again after you think it
works. With 2 dhcp interfaces I've had things *start* working after a
while, and I've had things *stop* working after a while. The answer, of
course, is to use a discovery protocol, but not all devices serving dhcp
support that. :(
--
Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group
dwchandler@stilyagin.com | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/
http://www.stilyagin.com/ |
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