Re: Etch desktop: switching between ppp and ethernet network connections

2008-02-14 Thread Mikko Rapeli
On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 12:31:43AM +0200, Mikko Rapeli wrote: > I've also tried GNOME's network-admin, but that seems to fail with ppp > interfaces. All I get is a "Could not enable interface ppp0". This got resolved as I had broken network profiles which replaced working configuration files with

Re: Etch desktop: switching between ppp and ethernet network connections

2008-02-06 Thread Mikko Rapeli
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 11:01:27PM +0200, Mikko Rapeli wrote: > gnome-ppp is a bit complicated and it doesn't work with the system wide > ppp settings, which work and which the user can not accidentally screw > up. I've also tried GNOME's network-admin, but that seems to fail with ppp interfaces.

Etch desktop: switching between ppp and ethernet network connections

2008-02-06 Thread Mikko Rapeli
Ok, I think I've tried everything but I can't get automation and userfriendlyness into etch based networking, so I'm asking for help. How to setup ppp/gprs modem connection and ethernet/dhcp in etch so that: - ethernet connection is used when cable is plugged in and dhcp client finds a lease,