On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 04:50:58PM +0000, Ryan Braun wrote: > Hey guys, I'm looking for a tool that could easily allow users to switch > between several static network configs and even a ppp connection. Basically > a laptop travelling to several different sites that we don't want to setup > with dhcp. I would rather have the user select the site specifically. We > are running a combination of etch/lenny with only kde as the desktop > environment. > > I've just started to play with network-manager-kde, but I'm not sure how to > define other wired networks, it just wants to find a dhcp server and auto > config with that. In a perfect world, I would be able to define several > networks, have the user click on the network manager applet and select the > appropriate network they would like to connect with. > > Is that functionality available in network manager? It seems more wireless > orientated which is something I don't need currently. All networks will be > wired.
ifupdown can do this from command line. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html This is a little too much for most of us. (I wrote these.) Lenny vaesion of wicd or network-manager may be not good enough. You may wish to install these from backport.org. This is more realistic solution. Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
