On Fri May 1 2009, Bob Cox wrote: > > Nitpick: 'network' and 'broadcast' are optional and gateway is necessary > > only if this interface is used to connect to the internet. > > Good points. I like nitpicking ;-) > > As an aside, I use static IPs on everything here with no wireless and > all manually configured as per my example. that is what I am trying to do, take away the DHCP and make them static. I have my desktop, a laptop that I connect using a wired connection, and my wifes laptop. I also have some other test servers that get turned on every so often.. I am using dyndns and port forwarding to my desktop for http.. so I want a static IP in my network for my desktop.
> > The only exception to this is a recently acquired laptop with which I > wanted to use both wireless and DHCP and be able to control it all from > a GUI interface; something I have not done before. I tried and failed > with the kde front-end to network manager and in the end purged all > traces of them and installing wicd ("aptitude show wicd" describes it > well). It is really excellent and just works, seamlessly restoring > networking after suspending and so on and allowing easy switching from > wired to wireless and so on. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org