Hello, On Tue, 5 Apr 2011 14:31:40 +0200 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> wrote: > [About the general problem of documentation] > The problem is to find the correct tools and the correct > documentation. For instance, imagine the average user who wants for > Ethernet (eth0), to do the following automatically (for a laptop): > 1. use some fixed IP address if there's some peer 192.168.0.1 > with some given MAC address; > 2. otherwise, if an Ethernet cable is plugged in (and only in this > case), start a DHCP client; > 3. make things still work after a suspend/resume. > I now know how to do this. But I still wonder what documentation a > user should read to achieve such a configuration. It is normal that a > user may want to use his laptop from network to network and things > work without manual reconfiguration. Of course, man guessnet. Just few lines. mapping eth1 script guessnet-ifupdown map default: dhcp iface eth-home inet static test peer address 192.168.0.1 mac ... ... iface dhcp inet dhcp The last requirement is fulfilled by means of installing ifplugd. -- WBR, Andrew
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