On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Raj Mathur <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 06 May 2009, [email protected] wrote: >> My objective is not to make the existing BSNL line go down at the >> same time want to configure for the AIRTEL line and once the AIRTEL >> line has been configured sucessfully, i can remove the BSNL line. Can >> this be done, if yes pl. tell me how. > > Yes it can. The simplest method would be to copy your BSNL > configuration in /etc/ppp/peers/ to a new file (say, Airtel) then > manually edit it and change the parameters to match the Airtel > connection. There may be GUI methods of doing this too, but being a > command-line type of person this was what I found most convenient. > > BTW, all DSL modems supplied in India tend to have the same default IP > address (192.168.1.1). If you have two on the same network you will > need to change the IP address of one of them. >
As for GUI, you can just use 'Auto eth0' of NetworkManager. I mean considering the modems can connect to ISP, the dhcp thing from dsl/adsl modem can be easily handled by NetworkManager. Swap the modem, connect the lan cable to computer and it'll be automatically connected to internet by NetworkManager. cheers Arindam -- Arindam Ghosh [http://arindamghosh.wordpress.com] GPG Key: 0EE58920 Key Server: http://pgp.mit.edu -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
