Brian Stults wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a laptop with debian (unstable) installed on it. Sometimes I use
> it at home and sometimes I use it at work. At work, it has a direct
> connection to the internet, so it has its own IP. At home, its
> connection is masqueraded through my main linux box which shares a cable
> modem. There, the address of the laptop is 192.168.0.2. Anyway, the
> addresses are different at both places, but they are both static
> addresses.
>
> Can someone think of a way that I can configure the startup scripts to
> know which IP address needs to be used? I have complete control of the
> linux box at home, so I could use DHCP there, but I couldn't configure
> DHCP at work.
>
> Any suggestions? Thanks.
One possibility is to use the schemes provided by the PCMCIA package.
Basically what you do is set up the different configurations as schemes in
the /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file. Then, when you start the laptop you
issue the command "cardctl scheme <scheme_name>" to switch schemes.
I'm using this method on my laptop which goes from a DHCP LAN here at home
to school where I need to use a fixed IP.
IIRC the docs that describe the schemes would be the network.opts manpage, but I
won't swear to it.
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