Binding wlan0 to eth0 in Linux

Question

When I type ifconfig,

I see wlan0 and eth0. I want to somehow bind these two together into one device.

How would I go about doing this?

Answer 1

It sounds like you're after a bridge. It might not work with your wireless card (it depends on the model).

Answer 2

I forget the exact question, but I've seen this before on one of the *stacks, and the answer was that it is not possible to do this in any useful way

Answer 3

You can actually do it, e.g. as root:

modprobe bonding
ifconfig bond0 up
ifenslave bond0 wlan0 eth0

then use your preferred method of getting an ip address and a default route for bond0

You can also include it in /etc/network/interfaces with proper config for bond0 and an if-post-up line for ifenslave