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From: Avi Schwartz <avi@×××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Multiple NICs and "need net"
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 14:28:46
Message-Id: 1020799724.9553.23.camel@seahorse.cfftechnologies.world
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Multiple NICs and "need net" by Avi Schwartz
1 One correction (I just checked my laptop). The settings for my wireless
2 card come from /etc/conf.d/net and NOT from /etc/pcmcia/network.opts
3
4 Avi
5
6 On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 14:11, Avi Schwartz wrote:
7 > What I ended up doing is put net.eth0 (my built in one) in boot instead
8 > of default, took net.eth1 (my wireless) from default and just left
9 > pcmcia in default. I used the settings in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts to
10 > set up my networking for the wireless card.
11 >
12 > For some reason, if net.eth0 is in boot, the system assumes that the net
13 > dependency is satisfied and never bothers me again, even if eth0 does
14 > not come up.
15 >
16 > Avi
17 >
18 > On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 13:04, Sean P. Kane wrote:
19 > > What is the "right" way to handle this situation. I have two nic cards
20 > > in my laptop. The built-in one and a wireless PCMCIA card. In my
21 > > /etc/init.d directory I have:
22 > >
23 > > net.eth0 (10/100BaseT)
24 > > net.lo (loopback)
25 > > net.wlan0 (wireless)
26 > >
27 > > On any given boot eth0 or wlan0 will fail since only one of them is
28 > > plugged in. However /etc/init.d/netmount has a depend of "need net" and
29 > > I would think that either of these being up would suffice, yet it seems
30 > > it wants both of them up. IS there a proper way to configure this so
31 > > that either on being up meets the needs of "need net"?
32
33 --
34 Avi Schwartz
35 avi@×××××××××××××××.com

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Multiple NICs and "need net" "Christopher J. PeBenito" <pebenito@××××.org>