William Kenworthy wrote: > On windoze laptops there are a number od "network profile" programs that > setup (some automatically I believe) the network configs when plugged > into a network. Surely something similar exists for Linux. Theres also > the possibility of scripting the process, i.e., once the machine has > logged in to network under localhost, grab the subnet mask and set up > the config based on that, then reset the network parameters/host name > etc based on that. > > billK > If you take a look under the Mandrake Control Center, 'Network & Internet'
and then 'Connection' on that screen on the top, there you can see 'profile' default 'New Profile' is this what you need? > On Fri, 2001-10-19 at 08:04, Dave Sherman wrote: > >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>Hash: SHA1 >> >>On Friday 19 October 2001 00:22, Praedor Tempus opined on the topic: >>[expert] Hostname question >> >> >>>Can someone please explain to me how to give my system a name that will >>>stick and not cause problems for the various networks I might connect >>>to? >>> >>>I have tried various hostnames and they either produce "invalid name" >>>errors of some sort or they dick up my ability to connect to a given >>>network. I need to know how to give my laptop a universal hostname that >>>will follow it wherever I take it and regardless of the dhcp network I >>>connect to. >>> >>I have no trouble at all on my laptop. My /etc/hosts file looks like this: >>127.0.0.1 localhost >>127.0.0.1 dedannshae >>... >> >>I regularly move between four different networks (all DHCP), and it works >>like a charm. >> >>Dave >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) >>Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org >> >>iD8DBQE7z24fA68l26XsZUYRAlnbAKCgsc9FTX06WuBpTmmdtEqQmT/yXACgkeL6 >>xjNYvO5x6P7q3glF/2EhN/g= >>=fmJ6 >>-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >>---- >> >> > >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > -- --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thank - you for contacting the SedeComp Communications Technical Support Team. Please click <'REPLY'> when discussing this matter in further detail with us. Feel free to review our section on responses to common problems real soon @: http://www.sedecomp.linux-site.net | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] We use and support Linux Mandrake | http://www.linux-mandrake.com
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