More than one network adapter in NM

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More than one network adapter in NM

by Bugzilla from StormByte@gmail.com :: Rate this Message:

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Hi there, I've been using NetoworkManager for some time, and it is simply
great, but I have a little question/idea to comment:
- If I have more than one network adapters connected at the same time:
ethernet and my wireless network, is it possible to bind those two into one
"virtual adapter" inside NetworkManager?
This would be useful, for example, if I switch off the ethernet cable, because
I am moving my laptop, and not to lose any download, nor anything else.

It would be awesome that NetworkManager could do this in the background
automatically whenever more than one interface is connected to the internet.

How about that?
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Re: More than one network adapter in NM

by Dan Williams :: Rate this Message:

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On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 01:12 +0100, David wrote:
> Hi there, I've been using NetoworkManager for some time, and it is simply
> great, but I have a little question/idea to comment:
> - If I have more than one network adapters connected at the same time:
> ethernet and my wireless network, is it possible to bind those two into one
> "virtual adapter" inside NetworkManager?

Not at this time; Tambet did some testing last year and found you
*could* do it, but wpa_supplicant needed some updates first.  This is
basically bonding + failover.  We'll get there, it's a great idea, but
bridging will come first as bonding shares a substantial amount of
internal config with it...

Dan

> This would be useful, for example, if I switch off the ethernet cable, because
> I am moving my laptop, and not to lose any download, nor anything else.
>
> It would be awesome that NetworkManager could do this in the background
> automatically whenever more than one interface is connected to the internet.
>
> How about that?
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> NetworkManager-list@...
> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list

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