A few days ago there was a short (VDSL) internet outage in my general area. I found out to my horror that dialup no longer worked (bit rot or whatever) for pppconfig and/or pon. A year ago, I would've taken my notebook to the local library or Starbuck's or fast-food joint; this year, not so much. The connection eventually came back, but this was a wake-up call.
I decided to get a low-end cable-internet account as backup. 10/1 is easily sufficient for 1080p Youtube or 720p Netflix (the max for Google Chrome on a PC). I haven't yet received the TC4400 cable modem, but I understand that it only does dhcp. Let's see if I have this right for switching switching my desktop back and forth to/from dhcpd/fixed IP... emerge dhcpcd (one time only) >From fixed to dhcpc =================== Step 1) Rename /etc/conf.d/net and execute "touch /etc/conf.d/net" Step 2) Manually start up dhcpcd service Step 3) /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart >From dhcpc to fixed =================== Step 1) Restore original /etc/conf.d/net Step 2) Manually kill dhcpcd service Step 3) /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart This could cause problems when I want to transfer files between my computers. Here's part of an example /etc/hosts file... 192.168.1.249 i3 192.168.1.250 i660 192.168.1.251 d531 192.168.1.2 thimk If IP addresses are assigned at random, this obviously won't work. Any suggestions? -- Walter Dnes <[email protected]> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
