Re: configuring interface & configuring MTA time out
On 06/13/2012 02:28 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Mi, 13 iun 12, 13:44:44, Gilbert Sullivan wrote:
>>
>> Yup, I'm using Wicd. When I'm ready to leave one location to trave to
>> the next, I choose the next network's configuration from within Wicd.
>> With the aforementioned /etc/network/interfaces file (set to use DHCP)
>> Wicd always has me set up right when I come up to the desktop. The only
>> difference between now and then (more than about two weeks ago) is that
>> now, it takes two extra minutes to get to the desktop -- but *only* when
>> I'm connecting at one of the sites that makes me used a fixed IP
>> address. That's because something has changed in the relationship
>> between the netscript (?) package and Wicd, I guess.
>
> Err, last time I used Wicd it worked better without any stanza (other
> than lo) in /etc/network/interfaces.
>
> Kind regards,
> Andrei
Hi, Andrei. Thanks for your suggestion.
Yes, that's the way I used to run it. I changed it some time ago for
some (probably dumb) reason. I think it had to do with getting a router
at home to list it this notebook as one of the DHCP clients. For some
reason that stanza had to be there (if my old brain recalls correctly)
to get it registered with that router as a DHCP client.
I did try commenting out the second stanza and rebooting. It made no
difference. But it was certainly worth a try.
Best regards,
Gilbert
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