Re: Multiple ISP setup

[silvio@ns.rocknet.net.au]

The method I use to do this is to create a directory with
multiple configurations stored, and then use a program to
copy the requested config to the current config.

the program multiconfig is used like this.. (rocknet is the
isp name)

# multiconfig /etc/pon/rocknet

which just recurses the directy and copies it to the hiearchy with the
initial directy pathname removed..

umm.. maybe an example is will be more clear

# multiconfig /etc/pon/rocknet

/etc/pon/rocknet/etc/hosts copies to /etc/hosts

so pon only needs to do something like multiconfig /etc/pon/$SETUP
where $SETUP is $1 or /etc/pon/default if no argument is specified.

to connect to the isp "rocknet" i use

# pon rocknet

or simply

# pon

which defaults to /etc/pon/default which is just a sym link to rocknet

poff then does a 

# multiconfig /etc/pon/local

currently /etc/pon/local is manually created, however if there is any
interest into this method of handling ppp, then i'll change it to
save the origianl config here automatically and then use something
like multiconfig --restor/multiconfig -r. (works great currently
for something I quickly hacked up)

a lock file is created showing on pon startup, so if the pc gets
reset or something else happens, I know what the current
configuration is.. so just modify rc.boot to handle this and you'll
be fine..

i'll send the source and pon/poff changes if requested. typically
something like this should be expected in the ppp package..

ANyway, this works great, and provides a clean way for multiple
ppp setups including selected changes to config file, ie no
more script changes to ip-up/ip-down if you want to change your
/etc/hosts for ppp or whatever..


Silvio Cesare