On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 07:57:35AM -0700, Michael Perry wrote:
> You could use schemes. If you peruse the pcmcia-howto that Hinds wrote
> for the pcmcia-cs package, he mentions how to setup lilo to boot with
> different append statements which launch different network setups. I
> have not done this in awhile but I did do it before. I basically
> created two schemes in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts called "home" and "work"
> with different network setups like dhcp or static IP addresses. I then
> added this to my lilo.conf.
...
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 08:57:00AM -0700, Michael Perry wrote:
> Its not really difficult to do this with the pcmcia tools. All one does
> is create stanzas in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts or even
> /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts and then create append lines in lilo that
> launch the schemes. When the system boots the next time it will show
> both entries in lilo.
...
UGH.
Use /etc/network/interfaces:
---------------8<------------------
# Wireless
mapping eth1
script /etc/network/ifscheme
########################################################
# Home
iface eth1-home inet dhcp
wireless_nick foo
wireless_mode managed
wireless_essid myessid
wireless_key 's:"K<wZ'
########################################################
# Friends places
iface eth1-friend1 inet dhcp
wireless_nick foo
wireless_mode managed
wireless_essid blah
wireless_channel 3
wlan_ng_authtype opensystem
iface eth1-friend2 inet static
address 192.168.0.113
gateway 192.168.0.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
wireless_nick foo
wireless_mode ad_hoc
wireless_essid someotheressid
wireless_channel 6
########################################################
# Network stumbling (stop that bloody pump loading)
iface wlan0-stumble inet static
address 10.0.0.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
wireless_nick foo
wireless_mode ad_hoc
wireless_essid any
wireless_channel 6
--------------8<-----------------
See /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples/ , and interfaces(5)
The script I'm using above, was written by Joey Hess, and can be found at:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=154444
(ok, so further reading show's it's in ifupdown-roaming.. shows how often I
have needed to think about this setup)
Advantages:
*) Dont need to piss around with updated .opts files, and manually copying
changes.
*) All information for all configs is in one place.
Disadvantages:
*) I cant think of any.
Mike.
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