Description of problem: NetworkManager activates both wired and wireless devices at the same time. This causes ambiguous routing tables like # ip route default via 192.168.46.254 dev eth0 proto static 192.168.46.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.46.11 192.168.46.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.46.19 and makes it impossible to use the same ip address for both devices. With setup above, data can be sent over the slow wireless interface, although fast ethernet is available. There is created unneeded radiation and power consumption too. There should be added some configuration option (e.g. redundancy/failover pools of interfaces with adjustable priorities) so that only one interface is active at a time. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-0.9.8.1-3.git20130514.fc18.x86_64
this has already been discussed in bug #454955 ... but things have changed over time, maybe it could be reconsidered? having to disable autoconnecting to wifi and then connecting manually if no ethernet is available is a royal PITA :-( btw, one of the ways how to automate is here: http://superuser.com/questions/233448/disable-wlan-if-wired-cable-network-is-available ... could we at least get this dispatcher script preinstalled, and a GUI checkbox to activate/deactivate it, if there is no better solution on the NM roadmap?
Every GUI solution is not an option for me because login requires NFS mounted /home which requires network. And not every laptop has a physical rfkill switch. The script idea looks promising; I will see how it will work for my use case (the ultimate goal is to use the same ip address for eth0 and wlan0 because NFS does not behave well when client address changes)
The routes not getting assigned the right priorities was a bug which was fixed recently upstream and will be in NM updates for fedora soon. With these new builds you should see a 'metric' item: 192.168.1.0/24 dev p4p1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.135 metric 1 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.190 metric 9 where the higher metric items will be chosen for traffic and thus the routing is not ambiguous.
NetworkManager-0.9.8.2-1.fc19,network-manager-applet-0.9.8.2-1.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/NetworkManager-0.9.8.2-1.fc19,network-manager-applet-0.9.8.2-1.fc19
ok; routes are not ambiguous anymore. But it still does not allow to use the same ip address for both interfaces. Extra power consumption and unneeded radiation are not solved either. fwiw, the script from comment #1 works perfectly for my use case. wlan0 gets assigned the MAC of eth0 and both interfaces get same ip from dhcp server. After removing laptop from docking station (-> eth0 gets disconnected), wlan0 gets up and NFS /home is usable without synchronization delays. Ditto for placing it on docking station again. Of curse, script will not cover all use cases (e.g. when there are multiple wireless interfaces) but they are not interesting for me atm.
NetworkManager-0.9.8.2-1.fc19, network-manager-applet-0.9.8.2-1.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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