Description of problem: I have two network interfaces in my laptop eth0 => Wireless DHCP interface eth1 => Wired Static interface I have both activatd. Usually at home Wired is disconneted. I find the following behaviour: 1- Wireless correctly connects and sets its default gateway 2- Wired network (being static) although disconnects, sets up its own default gw, overriding my wireless's setting! The end result is no Internet access! Solution: I made the attached patch, which essentially uses "ip route append" instead of "ip route add" to APPEND two default gateways, which is exactly what was needed and makes perfect sense. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): initscripts-8.45.3-1 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup 2 interfaces to start on bootup 2. Watch default route using "route -n" 3. The Second interface's default route overwrites first and becomes default Actual results: Default gateway of Second interface overwrites first Expected results: Both Gateways should be appended and found in the routing table Additional info: Please find a patch that solved this for me, I am not sure if it can cause issues in other scenarios though!
Created attachment 140346 [details] Patch to set multiple gateways per activated device network
Out of curiosity, why not use something like NetworkManager?
Well, honestly, NetworkManager is not very good. It is slow. And knetworkManager disconnects and starts connecting again after I login! While without it, I'm already online once I login. On a more serious side, NM will not allow the two interfaces to work together, which is sometimes needed to aggregate the bandwidth
For bandwidth aggregation, something like bonding would probably be more useful.
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