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Can the new baselayout handle multiple networks seamlessly? |
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I currently connect to multiple networks using a laptop with an ipw2200 |
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wireless and a built in NIC consisting of: |
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NIC, fixed IP |
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NIC, DHCP |
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NIC, DHCP and openvpn |
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NIC, DHCP and CiscoVPN |
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wireless with wpa/tkip |
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wireless with wpa/tkip and openvpn |
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wireless plain with openvpn |
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wireless plain with CiscoVPN. |
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all configs have common services like a caching bind server, zebedee and |
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apache and various other services not normally seen on a laptop. These |
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usually need restarting in order for the new config to take. |
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and obviously more than one network of each type in some cases. |
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It is wireless or NIC, not both at once. |
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Currently I arrive at a site and run a script that copies in the config |
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files for the needed configuration, and then restarts the needed |
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services. This broke with the last baselayout changes - wierd things |
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happen like zebedee running ok when the initscript is run from the |
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commandline, but not from a script. So I reverted, but I am thinking I |
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need to redesign the system or start making bug reports in order to use |
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the latest changes. |
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Also, is there an integrated way to plug in a network cable and have a |
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config RELIABLY recognised and trigger the necessary actions? Its not a |
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good look to arrive at lecture in front of 30-50 people and struggle to |
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connect to the local network, which seems par for the course for gentoo! |
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BillK |
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