I am using Open Suse Linux 11.1 to run and application that uses a license security based on the network card device ID. My laptop has two network cards i.e. the wireless and the standard Ethernet wired card. I can run the application when I use the Ethernet Card (wired connection) but as soon as I unplug the cable and hit the road the application fails to find a license because SuSE disables the wired network card.
Can SuSe run with both cards (wired & wireless) active?
Can I activate the wired card without having to plug-in the network cable?
I am using a Toshiba Satellite Pro A120, in case you think that the hardware could make a difference
Your help and guidance will be very much appreciated. Please keep in mind that I’m very new to Linux, so can get lost very easily
I have been doing some more research and I would like see if by giving a sort of update someone could help me. The issue is that NetworkManager is making unavailable my wired network card (i.e. it is up but not available) when I unplug the cable. I think that it is related to the NO-CARRIER status as reported by ifstatus eth0 command.
I would like to change this behavior as it is making my application crash. The software license server is attached to the network card MAC’s ID and when the card is made unavailable the server stops working as it can’t find it.
The question is if I can configure NetworkManager so that it doesn’t check for the NO-CARRIER condition or if I can stop it from making the card unavailable when I unplug the cable.
