[Discuss] networking

[Dan Ritter]

On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 01:53:22PM -0500, dan moylan wrote:
> 
> running ubuntu 11.10 on asus eee pc 1005ha
> wlan0 is the internal wirelass device,
> wlan1 is a usb plug-in wireless adaptor.
> 
> wlan0 is intermittent -- that's why i need wlan1.  my
> problem is that when they are both up, the browser gets
> confused and semi hangs.  when i shut down wlan0 using
> ifconfig wlan0 down, all is well, but the clever system
> shortly starts up wlan0 again.  /etc/network/interfaces has
> only wlan1 listed, but that file has obviously been
> superceeded.
> 
> where do i go to ensure that wlan0 stays down.

Put wlan0 in /etc/network/interfaces like this:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual

and run /etc/init.d/networking restart

Other subsystems should relinquish control, and wlan0 should
not gain an IP.

-dsr-