connect via lan but not wan

[bhomass]

Hi

I am running Suse 93. there is an ethernet card and I just added a Merlin aircard. the air card dialed successfully and got a good WAN ip. but when I disconnect the lan cable and try to access the internet using the aircard alone, nothing comes back. I can not even ping anything. is there something you have to do explicitly to make the os stop trying the lan connection and go to the aircard connection?

Thanks

[AlexK]

if you're using kde, try using the KInternet manager and selecting the device used to connect to the internet from its menu.