what if one environment requires using mii-tool. eg. mii-tool -F 10BaseT-hd
Can whereami or anything else handle this case? ilia. On 06 Jan 2003 08:39:13 +1300 Andrew McMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 04:51, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > > > > Package: whereami > > Description: Automatically reconfigure your (laptop) system [...] > > whereami is a set of useful scripts and a coordinating system for > > automatically re-locating your computer within the current > > (network) environment. > > > > Typically, you would use whereami to automatically detect and > > re-configure your laptop when you move between a variety of diverse > > networks and/or docking environments. > > > > Although whereami will work best if all of your networks assign > > addresses through dhcp, this is not a pre-requisite and the system > > allows any technique to be used to ascertain the new location with > > as little ongoing user intervention as possible. > > > > Having ascertained the correct location, whereami will run > > appropriate (user-configured) scripts to adjust the laptop > > operation to suit the current environment. > > I'm the maintainer (and upstream) of whereami, so no doubt I show a > little bias :-) > > whereami deals with multiple ethernet interfaces and also can be > configured to recognise other hardware situations, such as a docking > station. > > It hooks into ifplugd (if desired) to handle automatic reconfiguration > when you plug the network cable into an existing ethernet and it hooks > into pcmcia to reconfigure on insertion of a pcmcia card. > > It doesn't pop up a configuration screen on boot (although it does run > on boot) - I have attempted to make it operate as automatically as > possible, although I do want to develop a GUI of some kind to make > maintenance of the two configuration files (location detection and > reconfiguration) more easily maintained by the uninitiated. > > Cheers, > Andrew. > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew @ Catalyst .Net.NZ Ltd, PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington > WEB: http://catalyst.net.nz/ PHYS: Level 2, 150-154 Willis St > DDI: +64(4)916-7201 MOB: +64(21)635-694 OFFICE: +64(4)499-2267 > Survey for nothing with http://survey.net.nz/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
