On 2020-01-05 12:34, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote:
On Fri, 2020-01-03 at 21:34 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 1/3/20 9:14 PM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote:
>> It has been my understanding that only one network mode could be active
>> qt one time. On my old W700 laptop I could use the RJ45 connection at
>> my desk, then disconnect the live laptop and take it to the dining room
>> or wherever. Once disconnected from the RJ45, a WiFi connection was
>> automatically spawned. Whe I returned to my desk and reconnected the
>> RJ45 cable, the WiFi shut down and the copper Ethernet was reactivated.
>
> The wifi shouldn't be disconnected when the ethernet is, but the
> ethernet will have a higher priority. Unless the wifi is on a different
> subnet and that's where you're sending a packet to, it will go out on
> the ethernet connection. I often have my dhcp set up to give my wifi
> and ethernet the same ip address. That way I can switch between the two
> without losing connections.
I'll take your word for it Sam. I'm still unable to communicate thru the RJ45
port with my currently installed package(s) / configuration.
Unless someone can suggest a true fix, I'm still facing a package remove/replace
situation. Which ones??? Otherwise my only solution would be a scorched disk total removal
and replacement of the entire system.
Well..... I still don't think enough information has been supplied.
If you do a
nmcli connection
you should see an "ethernet" entry.
Example, on my system...
NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE
enp2s0 22f19ca8-c33d-31ea-9a32-a4b1309d0b06 ethernet enp2s0
And then do...
nmcli connection show (device-name)
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