Re: DNS Issues [Was: [gentoo-user] Re: Slow Login, Sudo, etc.]

[Paul Hartman]

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Willie Wong <wwong@××××××××××××××.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:17:02PM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
>> > On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:59:25 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> >
>> >> Seriously, just use wicd, dump the rest.
>> >
>> > +1
>>
>> Call me old-fashioned, I use wpa_supplicant. :)
>
> Actually, I'll call you confused :)

You are probably right. :) In my brain I was only thinking about
wireless networks. It never occurred to me to need network management
for wired connections as well (I've never had any need for it so it
didn't enter my mind).

All I've ever done with wired network is enable dhcp in
/etc/conf.d/net and install ifplugd. For wireless I enable
wpa_supplicant module in /etc/conf.d/net and add the networks either
manually to the config file or by using wpa_supplicant's GUI for
scanning, adding and editing the defined networks. Everything starts
automatically when I turn on my computer and connects automatically. I
don't do any /etc/init.d/net.xxx stuff manually at all.

That was probably the recommended way to config back in 2003-2004 when
I set up my Gentoo machines and I've never had any reason to change it
since it keeps working. So that's why I called myself old-fashioned.

I've never used wicd or networkmanager and I suppose I've been lucky
to not encounter the problems that you guys have. I will keep it in
mind if my luck changes for the worse in the future. :)

Thanks
Paul