/etc/interfaces for logical interfaces

2005-12-27 Thread Joachim Fahnenmüller
Hi everybody, I read man interfaces but didn't understand completely. I have a laptop with 1 interface eth0, and I want 2 setups: at work with inet dhcp, at home (to exchange data with my PC) inet static with a certain IP. (If I understand correctly that is what they call 'logical interfaces'.)

Re: /etc/interfaces for logical interfaces

2005-12-27 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
On 2005-12-27 11:54:08, Joachim Fahnenmüller wrote: Hi everybody, I read man interfaces but didn't understand completely. I have a laptop with 1 interface eth0, and I want 2 setups: at work with inet dhcp, at home (to exchange data with my PC) inet static with a certain IP. (If I

Re: /etc/interfaces for logical interfaces

2005-12-27 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 12/27/05, Felix C. Stegerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would recommend using laptop-net. It can automagically detect whether you're at home or at work and adjust the network settings accordingly. With my setup, it looks for ip 192.168.1.1 (my router at home) and if it is found uses ip