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On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:48:11 +0800, W.Kenworthy wrote: |
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> If I set the NIC to DHCP as you advise, you are implying that gentoo |
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> will handle the various fixed IP's, subnets, gateways and differing vpn |
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> schemes automaticly? How can it do that? Only some of the networks |
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> (only three in fact) use DHCP. |
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It will only do it automatically if there is a DHCP server on the |
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network. There is a fallback option in in Gentoo settings for when DHCP |
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fails. |
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> ifplugd looks interesting - possibly the best I can do will be to use |
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> ifplugd to trigger if-up and if-up will have to contain the various add |
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> ons like the vpns and service restarting with functions to detect which |
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> to run where. |
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Don't do that, it will conflict with Gentoo's setup. As I said before, |
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don't do anything with ifplugd beyond emerging it. The Gentoo scripts |
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detect it is there and use it. Put all your scripting in /etc/conf.d/net. |
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> No relief from the nightmare I am afraid ... |
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Why is this nightmare anything to do with Gentoo? If you connect to |
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networks that require manual configuration, you have to configure |
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manually. At least the functions in conf.d/net allow you to automate a |
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substantial part of the process. |
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Take a close look at /etc/conf.d/net.example, I think you'll find it can |
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do most, if not all, of what you want. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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You have a tendency to feel you are superior to most computers. |
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