Re: [gentoo-user] Re: configure wlan0 route metric

[Indi]

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 06:10:05PM +0200, Mick wrote:
> On 13 April 2011 16:35, Indi <thebeelzebubtrigger@×××××.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 01:50:02PM +0200, deadeyes wrote:
> >>
> >> I was searching around the gentoo forums for ifmetric and found this piece of
> >> code that can be added in /etc/conf.d/net:
> >> postup() {
> >>    local metric=0
> >>
> >>    case "${IFACE}" in
> >>       eth0) metric=0 ;;
> >>       eth1) metric=1 ;;
> >>    esac
> >>    ifmetric "${IFACE}" "${metric}"
> >>
> >>    return 0
> >> }
> >>
> >
> > Hey, that works very well here -- thanks!
> > Been wanting that solution for some time now.
> > :)
>
> My apologies!  It took some time between reading your message and
> replying to it - by which time I had forgotten the finer points.
>
> Whether you set NIC priority in the /etc/conf.d/net file or in a post
> up script, the result is the same.  One NIC will have a higher
> priority than another for ALL connections.  This is because NICs do
> not do NATing.  They will send all packets out to the gateway
> (192.168.1.1) and the router at the gateway will determine which
> packet is forwarded to the Internet and which to the LAN.  So, if you
> do not want to prioritise one NIC over another, it may be better to
> use iptables to route LAN packets via a particular NIC instead.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Mick

Actually I do want to prioritise one over the other, when both are
connected. Using netplug with one wired and one wireless, and the
referenced script in /etc/conf.d/net.

Am I doing it wrong? :)

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