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On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 10:49:07AM -0400, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: |
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> On 26/05/12 03:40 PM, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> > All, |
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> > I realize this has been discussed and there are definite opinions |
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> > about which method works well. So, I want to take a different |
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> > approach. |
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> > Is there any interest in documenting and supporting newnet along |
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> > side oldnet as opposed to killing newnet? |
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> > Newnet would consist of the "network" init script to set up your |
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> > loopback interface along with something like dhcpcd, |
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> > networkmanager, or wicd (and wpa_supplicant for wireless |
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> > interfaces) running in standalone mode to manage your other |
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> > interfaces. |
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> > My understanding of the way newnet works is that the big advantage |
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> > would come for workstations that have a simple network setup and |
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> > where users would want hotplugged interfaces to just work. |
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> > Any thoughts? |
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> > William |
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> Just want to point out that my hotplugged interfaces work great with |
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> oldnet. |
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Actually they don't, because we don't make or remove the net.* symlinks |
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in /etc/init.d for the hotplugged interfaces when the interfaces are |
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added or removed. |
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William |