ThanhVu Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a slightly different situation, at home my machine has a fixed
> static address in my local network. But at school it uses dhcp. Both
> places use wired ethernet so I only deal with 1 eth0 here. So is there
> a way / or tool that can help me do this task
...
> what I am having now is 2 /etc/network/interface file, one for home ,
> one for school and I have to change them according to where am I. An
> automated task would be good.
Note that you can do things by hand but still only have one
/etc/network/interfaces file:
# cat /etc/network/interfaces
iface eth0 inet dhcp
iface net-home inet static
address 192.168.1.17
netmask 255.255.255.128
broadcast 192.168.1.127
gateway 192.168.1.1
# ifdown eth0
# ifup eth0=net-home
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