Switching wired <-> wireless in a user-friendly manner, possible?

[James Earl]

On 11/26/05, Hans Nieser <hans at nieser.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a laptop that I mainly use at home. It's got both a wired and
> wireless interface, both work fine. I used to run Windows XP on it which
> allowed me to easily switch from the wired interface to the wireless
> interface and vice versa. I found this convenient because I could plugin
> the cable when I have my laptop on my desk for better performance. When I
> wanted to work with the laptop somewhere else, like downstairs or perhaps
> for some reading before I go to sleep, I could just unplug the cable and
> could continue reading websites and access my LAN over the wireless interface.
>
> I have now installed FreeBSD 6.0 on my laptop and am trying to get it to
> behave the same as Windows XP. Right now when I boot the laptop with the
> cable plugged in it will access the LAN over the wired interface (fxp0),
> as soon as I unplug the cable, I lose connectivity and won't route traffic
> over the wireless interface (ipw0).
>
> I am guessing that what needs to happen is, as soon as fxp0 becomes
> inactive, the default route needs to be updated so it will route over the
> ipw0 interface. What is the best way to accomplish this? Do I have to
> write a shellscript that continiously checks for fxp0's status and then
> somehow update the default route, or are there facilities available for this?

You could also try out the nicmond port.

James