Hi, On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 08:20:47PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:49:28 +0200, Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > Manoj wrote: > >> > I would be interested in knowing how you set it up equivalent to > >> > cardctl scheme allows me to set up pcmcia networks. > > > cardmgr's system of configuring things dependently upon > > "scheme,socket,instance,hwaddr" is quite powerful but it is possible > > to configure interfaces dependently on these variables using > > ifupdown too (... though not so conveniently). See below. > > One can also modify /etc/pcmcia/network; line 109: > > < cat $RESOLV >> $RESOLV.N; mv $RESOLV.N $RESOLV > > cat $RESOLV >> $RESOLV.N; resolvconf -a $DEVICE < $RESOLV.N > > Anyway, I think I am goinf to use start_fn and stop_fn in > /etc/pcmcia/network.opts instead of using either hotplug or modifying > /etc/pcmcia/network; I am already comfortable with my network.opts, > and it is all working together very nicely now.
I still use start_fn and stop_fn on my old note PC. But as I read Thomas' tutorial on dynamic "DEBIAN" network configuration, centralizing configuration around /etc/network/interfaces as he proposes seems to provide cleaner environment. AJ's ifupdown package is quite interesting and very debian specific. There were not much tutorials on this subject and many conventional configuration procedures tend to cause some trouble with ifupdown if they are not deployed very carefully. Although he provide source to make detailed source documentation, this key package practically comes in very cryptic and short user manual page only. Whomever interested on this subject, Thomas' network set up tutorial (draft) is available as "10 Network configuration": http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-gateway.en.html or http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.en.html (older) (Yes, he is rewriting my old small section with whole new section with very good overview. Please tell Thomas about any problem in 10.1-10.8. Please understand this is on-going update.) Osamu
