Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-30 Thread Soren A
Andrew McMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 28 Jan 2003 news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I'm happy to help with setup of whereami (I'm the maintainer). Thanks and I shall likely be asking for help. A family event has stalled my engagement with this for the time being, but later... > I use it mys

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-30 Thread Soren A
Andrew McMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 28 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I'm happy to help with setup of whereami (I'm the maintainer). Thanks and I shall likely be asking for help. A family event has stalled my engagement with this for the time being, but late

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-28 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 09:32, Soren A wrote: > > So my next question is this: ALL these packages seem oriented towards > PCMCIA bus cards but I am not using PCMCIA, I have a built-in NIC (3Com > Tornado). It seems like the examples given for these two newer packages > that can help me use my laptop

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-28 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 09:32, Soren A wrote: > > So my next question is this: ALL these packages seem oriented towards > PCMCIA bus cards but I am not using PCMCIA, I have a built-in NIC (3Com > Tornado). It seems like the examples given for these two newer packages > that can help me use my laptop

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-28 Thread Soren A
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 21 Jan 2003 news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > whereami or intuitively work much more, well - intuitively. And they > don't stop in the boot process. I am starting to lean toward 'whereami' or 'intuitively' now, because of this List. The examples given

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-28 Thread Soren A
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 21 Jan 2003 00a001c2c14c$0987b880$[EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:00a001c2c14c$0987b880$[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > whereami or intuitively work much more, well - intuitively. And they > don't stop in the boot process. I am starting to lean toward 'whereami

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-24 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 08:22:32PM +, Soren A wrote: > One thing I need to achive, that is failing apparently, is assigning a > different MAC address to my NIC than the one 'hard-coded' in or > automatic to, that card. The reason being of course that my cable > provider tracks MACs and won't al

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-24 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 08:22:32PM +, Soren A wrote: > One thing I need to achive, that is failing apparently, is assigning a > different MAC address to my NIC than the one 'hard-coded' in or > automatic to, that card. The reason being of course that my cable > provider tracks MACs and won't al

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-24 Thread Soren A
[I set follow-ups to only gmane.linux.debian.user.laptop] Phil Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 21 Jan 2003 news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: >> Note that you either have to specify a kernel parameter or enter the >> chosen environment by hand during boot time. The boot process will >> stop un

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-24 Thread Soren A
[I set follow-ups to only gmane.linux.debian.user.laptop] Phil Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 21 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: >> Note that you either have to specify a kernel parameter or enter the >> chosen environment by hand during boot time. The boot proc

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-21 Thread Phil Reynolds
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 08:53:04AM -0400, Derek Broughton wrote: > From: "Ulf Katzenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > there is a package called netenv, use this for yout latpop, > > here's the description: > ... > > Note that you either have to specify a kernel parameter or enter the chosen > >

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-21 Thread Phil Reynolds
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 08:53:04AM -0400, Derek Broughton wrote: > From: "Ulf Katzenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > there is a package called netenv, use this for yout latpop, > > here's the description: > ... > > Note that you either have to specify a kernel parameter or enter the chosen > >

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-21 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Ulf Katzenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > there is a package called netenv, use this for yout latpop, > here's the description: ... > Note that you either have to specify a kernel parameter or enter the chosen > environment by hand during boot time. The boot process will stop until you >

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-21 Thread Phil Reynolds
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:18:13AM +0100, Ulf Katzenberger wrote: > Hi , > > there is a package called netenv, use this for yout latpop, > here's the description: > > netenv > Description: Configure your system for different network environments. > Netenv creates a file containing variable assig

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-21 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Ulf Katzenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > there is a package called netenv, use this for yout latpop, > here's the description: ... > Note that you either have to specify a kernel parameter or enter the chosen > environment by hand during boot time. The boot process will stop until you >

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-21 Thread Phil Reynolds
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:18:13AM +0100, Ulf Katzenberger wrote: > Hi , > > there is a package called netenv, use this for yout latpop, > here's the description: > > netenv > Description: Configure your system for different network environments. > Netenv creates a file containing variable assig

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-21 Thread Ulf Katzenberger
Hi , there is a package called netenv, use this for yout latpop, here's the description: netenv Description: Configure your system for different network environments. Netenv creates a file containing variable assignments which reflect the current environment. It is especially useful for noteboo

Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-21 Thread Phil Reynolds
If you read "man interfaces", an example set of stanzas is given which, subject to an external script to determine whether the machine is at home or at work, sets up eth0 to either have a static address or to dhcp for one. I would like to know how I can implement such a scheme, if I travel with my

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-21 Thread Ulf Katzenberger
Hi , there is a package called netenv, use this for yout latpop, here's the description: netenv Description: Configure your system for different network environments. Netenv creates a file containing variable assignments which reflect the current environment. It is especially useful for noteboo

Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-21 Thread Phil Reynolds
If you read "man interfaces", an example set of stanzas is given which, subject to an external script to determine whether the machine is at home or at work, sets up eth0 to either have a static address or to dhcp for one. I would like to know how I can implement such a scheme, if I travel with my