On Sat, 2004-08-21 at 22:37, Jon Dowland wrote: [...] > A better solution is to use logical interface names aka interface > aliasing. The details are described in manpage interfaces(5) ; the > mapping 'eth0-home' would probably be what you wanted for transfers, > and 'eth0-work' for normal usage (or whatever you currently have).
I have been doing some more reading on this and I believe I have found something useful but I would appreciate someone's feedback on this: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.en.html#s-net-reconf <quote>However, suppose your computer is a laptop that you transport between home and work. When you connect the computer to the corporate network or to your home LAN you need to configure eth0 accordingly.</quote> Could I use something like this? --- /etc/network/interfaces --- auto lo eth0 iface lo inet loopback iface lan inet static address 192.168.0.123 netmask 255.255.255.0 iface wan inet dhcp --- EOF --- Other sections of http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.en.html talk about using mapping to automatically determine which logical interface should be brought up but I haven't been able to figure that out. Firstly I would like to see if the above makes sense to somebody on this list who knows more about this stuff than I do. One thing that concerns me about the above is the impact this will have on the pppd configuration. I still haven't found out whether 'pon' needs the 'iface eth0 inet dhcp' line that is in /etc/network/interfaces on my system at the moment. TIA for any feedback, suggestions, tips... Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #349737 # # SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) kernel 2.4.20-4GB i686 512MB RAM # # 4:00pm up 15 days 5:50, 5 users, load average: 0.57, 0.22, 0.13 # -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
