The toolkit is already handling the case where the machine has multiple
network adapters; indeed almost all laptops have both wireless and wired
connections, mine which I use for development has the following:
NetWork Card(s): 3 NIC(s) Installed.
[01]: Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection
Connection Name: Fast Ethernet
Status: Media disconnected
[02]: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 LAN 3B Mini PCI
Adapter
Connection Name: Wireless Network
Connection
DHCP Enabled: Yes
DHCP Server: 10.0.1.65
IP address(es)
[01]: 10.0.1.17
[03]: Cisco Systems VPN Adapter
Connection Name: MCS VPN
DHCP Enabled: No
IP address(es)
[01]: 140.221.18.114
Plus, add the vmware interfaces, MS's fancy ipv4/ipv6 tunnels, teredo, et al
and you'll find that on XP the toolkit is doing quite a good job of working
in the face of *many* network interfaces ;)
Here's my development desktop net interfaces:
NetWork Card(s): 4 NIC(s) Installed.
[01]: 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast Ethernet
Controller
(3C905C-TX Compatible)
Connection Name: Wired
DHCP Enabled: Yes
DHCP Server: 140.221.11.6
IP address(es)
[01]: 140.221.34.71
[02]: VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1
Connection Name: VMware Network Adapter
VMnet1
[03]: VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8
Connection Name: VMware Network Adapter
VMnet8
[04]: 1394 Net Adapter
Connection Name: 1394 Connection 2
DHCP Enabled: Yes
DHCP Server: N/A
IP address(es)
What kind of a feature are you looking for? What's the use case you're
experiencing? What problem are you trying to solve?
--Ivan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov
> [mailto:owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Randy Groves
> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 8:38 PM
> To: ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: [AG-TECH] Possible enhancement for Toolkit
>
> My recent experience with the 'Microsoft TV/Video' network
> connection brings to mind an enhancement. It would be nice
> if, during the install (and maybe accessible later via a
> python script), if the Toolkit finds more than one network
> adaptor installed on the machine, it would ask the installer
> which one it should use. This would have made it obvious in
> my case, but also would handle the case where there REALLY is
> more than one network adaptor in a machine. I know that I've
> also seen a 1394 network adaptor installed on various
> machines with FireWire adaptors.
>
> I will enter this in Bugzilla if it sounds like a good idea.
>
> -randy
>
>
