Re: [gentoo-user] Automatic Network Stuff

2005-08-18 Thread Jonathan Wright
Ow Mun Heng wrote: Yup... that works. Esp if there's already a DHCP server somewhere.. The issue that I face is if the network is a PC-Card. (my pccard has this issue. It can't detect the link) Agreed. I've noticed that with my new laptop that as soon as you insert (or at least the laptop disc

Re: [gentoo-user] Automatic Network Stuff

2005-08-18 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 22:42 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > Ian K wrote: > > >Hi there, > >I was having to use Windows the other day, and it got > >me into wondering if Linux is able to automatically > >set up a network connection when an ethernet cable is > >inserted, or more importantly, establish

Re: [gentoo-user] Automatic Network Stuff

2005-08-17 Thread Richard Fish
Ian K wrote: Hi there, I was having to use Windows the other day, and it got me into wondering if Linux is able to automatically set up a network connection when an ethernet cable is inserted, or more importantly, establish a connection to my wireless network when I switch my network card on. (Y

[gentoo-user] Automatic Network Stuff

2005-08-17 Thread Ian K
Hi there, I was having to use Windows the other day, and it got me into wondering if Linux is able to automatically set up a network connection when an ethernet cable is inserted, or more importantly, establish a connection to my wireless network when I switch my network card on. (Yes it has a swit