Re: specifying interface for default route

From: Stefan Walter (sw+usenet_at_gegenunendlich.de)
Date: 10/09/04 

Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 16:39:27 +0200

* Pedro Pinto <ppinto@cs.cmu.edu> wrote:

[...]
> that I am unable to convince freebsd to use the wireless card to connect
> to my gateway. My default route always ends up attached to the wired
> card (em0), that is:
>
> route add default 192.168.0.100
>
> (192.168.0.100 is my gw)
>
> will add a route through em0 instead of my wireless card. So I can ping
> my LAN but not the internet.

This is insufficient information so far. What does 'ifconfig' say about
the two interfaces? How do you connect to your wireless network - adhoc or
via an access point?

My guess would be that both interfaces have IP addresses in the same
subnet, which tends to cause problems...

Stefan 

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