Andrew, I have exactly the same issue as Mariano and judging from the website, "whereami" is 'exactly what the doctor ordered' ;-). On the site, it says: My feeling is that there are only a few actual times when a laptop might find itself in a new 'location': during the boot process, and when a PCMCIA (network) card is inserted or removed. I'd say there is one more: Upon (un)docking. I am not yet very familiar with laptops because I just got my first one a days ago but I'm learning: In the docking station, I seem to get a second ethernet adapter so that should be easy detectable? However, I haven't tested yet what happens if I boot before docking; I'm not sure if the system will update its PCI devices info. Anyway, in addition to (de)configuring adapters, I need to - (un)set a proxy for all network traffic - configure the proper outgoing mailserver - start and stop services (e.g. nfs, fetchmail) - mount/unmount some drives Can that be done with "whereami"? And, if so, do you have examples? Ofcourse it would also be very nice if you have links to similar packages, if only to see your competition. ;-) Auke On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 01:19, Andrew McMillan wrote: > > This is exactly the sort of mess that 'whereami' is meant to handle, > first through detecting the situation and second through reconfiguring > services to suit that location. > > There are a bunch of other tools in Debian as well, but I naturally > recommend my own one :-) > > I personally connect regularly to about 10 different LANs - only one of > which is Wireless, most provide DHCP and some require fixed IP > addresses. Once I have 'whereami' configured for each new location I > simply open the lid on my laptop and it all 'just works'. > > Regards, > Andrew. -- PGP: 0x4A34DD6D, http://bunny.sourceforge.net/
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