Direct Ethernet connection to a mac

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(11th Feb, 2014 09:52 AM)Jan Wrote:  Then I can just connect via the cable and the common name and get much better speeds than via wifi.

But how can this (or something similar) be done?

you need something like "hotplug" for eth0. but hotplug directive in /etc/network/interfaces on eth0 won't work as "hotplug" in that sense means hot-plugging the adapter, not "network link".

you can play a bit with package "ifplugd" what is a daemon supposed to watch network link changes (cable out/in).

but most reliable and easiest to configure solution is as CurlyMo told you with static address on eth0 from different net as your wlan0 usually gets.

(just got idea) possible would be also to define a bridge interface (br0), configure static/dhcp address on it and putting wlan0/eth0 to static (but without actual ip defined) and auto - like this:

Code:

auto lo eth0 br0
allow-hotplug wlan0

iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet static
iface wlan0 inet static

iface br0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.104
        network 192.168.1.0
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        broadcast 192.168.1.255
        gateway 192.168.1.2
    dns-nameservers 127.0.0.1
    dns-search private
        bridge_ports eth0 wlan0
        bridge_stp off
        bridge_fd 0
        bridge_maxwait 0

or br0 as dhcp

Code:

iface br0 inet dhcp
        bridge_ports eth0 wlan0
        bridge_stp off
        bridge_fd 0
        bridge_maxwait 0

you will have just one IP address at all times and should be no difference if you connect via wlan0, eth0 or even both.