Can one have a static IP wired network connection with failover to wireless?

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Sun Jan 13 23:42:14 UTC 2013


On 01/13/2013 03:17 AM, David Fletcher wrote:
> On Sun, 2013-01-13 at 09:29 +0000, Colin Law wrote:
>> On 12 January 2013 22:56, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> >> Is this possible with a static IP?
>> >
>> > Yes. I do this on all of my laptops when at home. If I unplug the hard
>> > wire, wifi picks up and connects to the default AP.
>> 
>> Is that using Network Manager?  I find that if I enable wireless and
> 
> Colin and Chris,
> 
> We used to have a guy like that at one of the places I worked. If you
> accidentally asked him a closed question, even though it was obvious
> that what you wanted was a how-to, you'd simply get "Yes" or "No" then
> he'd walk off with a smirk on his face.
> 
> We nick-named him "Data"!

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