Am Donnerstag 04 Januar 2007 10:17 schrieb Dave Page: > Hi there, > > I've recently reinstalled my laptop with Etch. Back when it was running > Sarge, I used the packge "laptop-net" to handle switching network > connections, plugging in the wireless card etc. while the system was > active. > > I assumed that in Etch, udev and friends would take care of this for > me, but this seems not to be the case. At the basic level, I'd like my > laptop to try to obtain a DHCP lease when the wired network is > connected, and to scan for known wireless networks when the PCMCIA wifi > card is inserted (and to try to connect to recognised wifi networks). > What's the "right" way to do this in Etch? Ideally I'd like a nice > Debian-compatiable KDE interface for this.
Hello Dave! Have a look at the packages ifplugd, guessnet and wpasupplicant. I have written a Linux User article and made a presentation about this, but both are in german. They offer no GUI itnerface like networkmanager tough. Regards, -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
