RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-24 Thread steve
On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 15:02 +1200, bryce wrote: ... I've got to stop hitting Ctrl-enter for line breaks like I do in my programming editor -- sends email instead ... anyway: -Original Message- From: steve [mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz] Sent: Monday, 24 August 2009 11:03 a.m. To

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-24 Thread Bryce Stenberg
-Original Message- From: steve [mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz] Sent: Monday, 24 August 2009 6:58 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting? On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 15:02 +1200, bryce wrote: ... I've got

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-23 Thread Bryce Stenberg
-Original Message- From: steve [mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz] Sent: Friday, 21 August 2009 3:30 p.m. Bryce, If you set down exactly what you want to do, I'm happy to make a stab at it. Mind you, when I go through that process, it often magically sorts itself out before my eyes! Cheers,

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-23 Thread steve
On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 10:20 +1200, Bryce Stenberg wrote: -Original Message- From: steve [mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz] Sent: Friday, 21 August 2009 3:30 p.m. Bryce, If you set down exactly what you want to do, I'm happy to make a stab at it. Mind you, when I go through that

Re: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-23 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:02 AM, stevest...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: I want my LAN connection to use dhcp. When no dhcp server is found I want it to use the following IP address: 203.97.9.110 [snip] To set up your dhcp server, something like... by definition from the question he only wants

Re: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-23 Thread steve
On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 12:25 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:02 AM, stevest...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: I want my LAN connection to use dhcp. When no dhcp server is found I want it to use the following IP address: 203.97.9.110 [snip] To set up your dhcp server,

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-23 Thread Bryce Stenberg
-Original Message- From: steve [mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz] Sent: Monday, 24 August 2009 11:03 a.m. To set up your dhcp server, something like... host workstation { hardware ethernet ma:ca:dd:re:ss; fixed-address 203.97.9.110; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; option routers

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-23 Thread bryce
... I've got to stop hitting Ctrl-enter for line breaks like I do in my programming editor -- sends email instead ... anyway: -Original Message- From: steve [mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz] Sent: Monday, 24 August 2009 11:03 a.m. To set up your dhcp server, something like... Dhcp is done

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-20 Thread Bryce Stenberg
configuration when I have to. Regards, Bryce Stenberg -Original Message- From: steve [mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz] Sent: Thursday, 20 August 2009 4:33 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting? On Thu

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-20 Thread steve
, Bryce Stenberg -Original Message- From: steve [mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz] Sent: Thursday, 20 August 2009 4:33 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting? On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 16:14 +1200

Re: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-20 Thread Nick Rout
...@greengecko.co.nz] Sent: Thursday, 20 August 2009 4:33 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting? On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 16:14 +1200, Bryce Stenberg wrote: Thanks for previous tips and linux commands. I'm slowly

Re: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-20 Thread Andrew Errington
On Fri, August 21, 2009 12:37, Nick Rout wrote: Not at my linux box now but can't you save named configurations in network manager and switch between them? I don't know either, but you can with 'wicd'. A

Re: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-19 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Bryce Stenbergbr...@hrnz.co.nz wrote: This is have it set to use DHCP to get network address etc, but if no dhcp server is found within the timeout then set it to an already set manual configuration instead. Does anyone know if this is possible under Ubuntu

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-19 Thread Bryce Stenberg
-Original Message- From: jim.cheet...@gmail.com [mailto:jim.cheet...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Jim Cheetham Sent: Thursday, 20 August 2009 10:55 a.m. So, edit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf, and look at the commented-out stuff at the bottom :-) I've been trying this out using 'lease' but can't

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-19 Thread Bryce Stenberg
(oops - previous message got away on me...) -Original Message- From: jim.cheet...@gmail.com [mailto:jim.cheet...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Jim Cheetham Sent: Thursday, 20 August 2009 10:55 a.m. So, edit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf, and look at the commented-out stuff at the bottom :-) I've

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-19 Thread Hadley Rich
On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 14:15 +1200, Bryce Stenberg wrote: Is there a way to restart the networking service (or whatever it is called) without a reboot? Right clicking and choosing enable/disable doesn't do trick. At a terminal; sudo invoke-rc.d networking restart Is there a way to see the

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-19 Thread steve
On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 14:15 +1200, Bryce Stenberg wrote: (oops - previous message got away on me...) -Original Message- From: jim.cheet...@gmail.com [mailto:jim.cheet...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Jim Cheetham Sent: Thursday, 20 August 2009 10:55 a.m. So, edit

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-19 Thread Bryce Stenberg
Thanks for previous tips and linux commands. I'm slowly getting somewhere now. However, it turns out that each time I get the 'lease' section not quite what it wants in the dhclient.conf file the NetworkManager entries in syslog indicate it is disabling the device 'eth0': hrnzlx02

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-19 Thread steve
On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 16:14 +1200, Bryce Stenberg wrote: Thanks for previous tips and linux commands. I'm slowly getting somewhere now. However, it turns out that each time I get the 'lease' section not quite what it wants in the dhclient.conf file the NetworkManager entries in syslog