Re: [gentoo-user] netifrc, configure by SSID and MAC simultaneously?

[Florian Gamböck]

Hi Peter!

On 2017-04-21 13:53, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> Have you considered spending a little money, ditching the router and
> substituting one that you can control? Reasonably capable routers
> aren't expensive.

Yes, I have considered this. But this is a router by my internet 
provider, especially configured to work at my place. It uses optical 
fibers instead of RJ11. I don't even have dial-in or log-in data, since 
it was already pre-configured.

I guess I cannot simply "ditch" the router. But yes, if I am out of 
options, I could always buy another router, connect it to my main router 
and just use this new one for connecting my devices.

But I also want to think about situations, where I need static IP 
addresses and I cannot access the router configuration. For example, if 
I need to configure a certain embedded device, which is only accessible 
via an IP in another subnet, then I could dedicate a NIC for the sole 
purpose to receive a static IP in this particular subnet, but only if I 
am connected in my home network.

I prefer general solutions over quickfixes which just work for one 
particular case.

But nevertheless, thanks for your suggestion!

-- 
Kind regards

Flo