>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Moseley <moseley@hank.org> writes: Bill> Anyone have tips for setting up a laptop for static vs. DHCP? Bill> I've always run static IPs on my home lan. But I'll be using DHCP Bill> at hotels and conferences. I don't have a DHCP server to test Bill> with, so I'm looking for example configs. Bill> I assume the best way is to use LILO and append= to set a flag for Bill> static/DHCP, and then select static or DHCP at boot, but I'm not Bill> sure then what needs to be done, or if there is a specific Debian Bill> config. There are many different packages for dynamic configuration. I would recommend whereami. The Debian maintainer is also the author of the package. You specify a series of tests (using ping, arp, dhcp, etc.), and based on those tests, it determines where you are, and runs scripts to set your connection up. -- Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.
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