Re: your mail

[cyn <cyn@cyn.org>]

I don't see any need to flip out about it, but for reference:

---
cyn@arc:~$ tail -n 16 /etc/pcmcia/network.opts
    DHCP="n"
    IPADDR="10.0.1.212"
    NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
    NETWORK="10.0.1.0"
    BROADCAST="10.0.1.255"
    GATEWAY="10.0.1.1"
    DOMAIN="cyn.org"
    DNS_1="127.0.0.1"
    IPMASQ="n"
    start_fn () { return; }
    stop_fn () { return; }
    # Card eject policy options
    NO_CHECK="n"
    NO_FUSER="n"
    ;;
esac
---

referencing comments from config files isn't generally effective because
you have no idea when they got the original file and modified it to fit
their needs - it's better to quote things or suggest things to search
for, from docs or man pages - config files that *will* exist won't always
have the same comments - but same systems should have the same docfiles
and man pages.  I personally haven't edited my network.opts file except to
create multiple schemes, I've not removed any comments. [it just has the
comments at the top, talking about the "network address" != IP and to see
the Networking HOWTO.

-Martin N.

On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Mike Beattie wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 10:37:00AM -0400, Derek Broughton wrote:
> > > RTFM://interfaces(5)  -  around line 70 or so.
> >
> > He appears to be using pcmcia nics, in which case changing anything in
> > ../interfaces won't do him a bit of good.
>
> What a load of shit. I use /e/n/interfaces for all of my PCMCIA cards, have
> never had to modify /etc/pcmcia/*.opts .
>
> Go read some docs yourself, before commenting. (specifically, the last 16 or
> so lines of /etc/pcmcia/network.opts)
>
> Mike.
> --
> Mike Beattie <mike@ethernal.org>                      ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184