Automatic reconnect to wireless network

[O. Sinclair]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> O. Sinclair wrote:
> 
>> Donn wrote:
>>> On Friday, 18 July 2008 18:47:19 Derek Broughton wrote:
>>>> This is true.  Network manager doesn't understand the use of multiple
>>>> concurrent interfaces
>>> Does 'network manager' mean a gui thing (my laptop runs Ubuntu) or is it
>>> some lower-level thing? It seems weird that it can't handle eth0 and
>>> wireless at the same time -- even Windoze can do it!
>>>
>> this seems to be hardware dependent from my experience. In my Dell I can
>> use both (or rather the computer is aware of both even if a cable is in
>> the wired socket or not) while on an HP I installed a couple of weeks
>> only one is active - and the wireless simply "disappears" when you
>> insert a cable.
> 
> It shouldn't be hardware - it should be a matter of whether you have the
> wired interface defined in /etc/network/interfaces.  If it isn't, it's
> handled by Network manager, which is only going to handle one interface at
> a time.  If it is, network manager will ignore it.
I don't, wicd goes nuts if you mess the interfaces manually.