[ltp] wireless and wired adapters

[Mike Kershaw]

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On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 03:17:18PM +0100, Bob Alexander wrote:
> Tino Keitel wrote:
> >On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 13:29:11 +0100, Bob Alexander wrote:
> >
> >>In my ath0 wireless interface scripts, should I check if e1000 (my wire=
d=20
> >>eth0) is active and modprobe -r it to avoid routing/performance problem=
s ?
> >
> >
> >I use ifplugd, so eth0 will only be configured if a cable is actually
> >plugged in.
> >
>=20
> Ehm .... :) I do too ! Now comes the weird question. The UNconfigured=20
> eth0 interface will NEVER cause ANY problems ?

An interface that is down will not receive any traffic or be used for
routing, so it will not cause a problem.

When in doubt, 'ifconfig eth0 down'.=20

-m

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Cogito Eggo Sum - I think, therefor I am a waffle.

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