On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 21:37:21 +0200, Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 20:25, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> I have a laptop that sometimes is on fixed ip wireless >> networks. Since dhcp is not involved, there is nothing that updates >> resolvconf, which could be pointing to an inaccurate set of >> servers. > If you bring the interface up with ifup then the solution is to put > the nameserver address on a "dns-nameservers" line in the interface > definition stanza. E.g., I use that for my non-pcmcia interface. > You must be referring to /etc/pcmcia/network.opts here. Hmm, yes. > If you are using the /etc/pcmcia/ stuff to configure PCMCIA network > interfaces then this is a sensible thing to do. Well, I've been using pcmcia way before there was hotplug, but I'm willing to learn. > My own preference is to disable everything in > /etc/pcmcia/network.opts and set things up so that hotplug does ifup > and ifup configures the interface in the standard way. Then I can > use dns-nameservers lines for PCMCIA network interfaces too. I would be interested in knowing how you set it up equivalent to cardctl scheme allows me to set up pcmcia networks. Please mail e offlist if you wish. manoj -- In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes. Elizabeth Ashley Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C