Re: Network connection
On Tue, 2001-11-06 at 07:53, Fredrik Jagenheim wrote:
>
> How do I make eth0 configure itself automatically whenever a network
> cable is inserted? Or otherwise configure the network at the request
> of a user?
>
> My laptop is usually connected to a DHCP LAN, either at home or at
> work. However, I sometimes use it outside this environement and have
> no network cable attached. If I have my eth0 configured to set itself
> up automatically in /etc/networks/devices/eth0 it takes several
> minutes for it to boot up and time out whenever pump can't reach the
> DHCP server... Thus I have configured it so it won't start
> automatically, and run 'sudo ifup eth0' whenever I access the net.
>
'whereami' comes with a patch that will insert itself into the
/etc/pcmcia/network script which gets run on insertion and removal of a
PCMCIA network card.
Cheers,
Andrew.
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