RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-24 Thread Bryce Stenberg
>-Original Message- >From: steve [mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz] >Sent: Monday, 24 August 2009 6:58 p.m. >To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz >Subject: RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' >setting? > >On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 15:

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-23 Thread steve
On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 15:02 +1200, bryce wrote: > ... I've got to stop hitting Ctrl-enter for line breaks like I do in > my programming editor -- sends email instead ... anyway: > > >-Original Message- > >From: steve [mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz] > >Sent: Monday, 24 August 2009 11:03 a.m

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-23 Thread bryce
... I've got to stop hitting Ctrl-enter for line breaks like I do in my programming editor -- sends email instead ... anyway: >-Original Message- >From: steve [mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz] >Sent: Monday, 24 August 2009 11:03 a.m. >To set up your dhcp server, something like... Dhcp is d

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-23 Thread Bryce Stenberg
>-Original Message- >From: steve [mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz] >Sent: Monday, 24 August 2009 11:03 a.m. >To set up your dhcp server, something like... > >host workstation { > hardware ethernet ma:ca:dd:re:ss; > fixed-address 203.97.9.110; > option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; > option

Re: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-23 Thread steve
On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 12:25 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:02 AM, steve wrote: > > >> > >> I want my LAN connection to use dhcp. > >> When no dhcp server is found I want it to use the following > >> IP address: 203.97.9.110 > [snip] > > > > To set up your dhcp server, somethi

Re: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-23 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:02 AM, steve wrote: >> >> I want my LAN connection to use dhcp. >> When no dhcp server is found I want it to use the following >> IP address: 203.97.9.110 [snip] > > To set up your dhcp server, something like... by definition from the question he only wants this setup w

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-23 Thread steve
On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 10:20 +1200, Bryce Stenberg wrote: > >-Original Message- > >From: steve [mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz] > >Sent: Friday, 21 August 2009 3:30 p.m. > > > >Bryce, > > > >If you set down exactly what you want to do, I'm happy to make a stab > at > >it. Mind you, when I go

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-23 Thread Bryce Stenberg
>-Original Message- >From: steve [mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz] >Sent: Friday, 21 August 2009 3:30 p.m. > >Bryce, > >If you set down exactly what you want to do, I'm happy to make a stab at >it. Mind you, when I go through that process, it often magically sorts >itself out before my eyes!

Re: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-20 Thread Andrew Errington
On Fri, August 21, 2009 12:37, Nick Rout wrote: > Not at my linux box now but can't you save named configurations in > network manager and switch between them? I don't know either, but you can with 'wicd'. A

Re: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-20 Thread Nick Rout
t;>-Original Message- >>From: steve [mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz] >>Sent: Thursday, 20 August 2009 4:33 p.m. >>To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz >>Subject: RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate > configuration' >>setting? >>

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-20 Thread steve
manual configuration when I have to. > > Regards, > Bryce Stenberg > > > >-Original Message- > >From: steve [mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz] > >Sent: Thursday, 20 August 2009 4:33 p.m. > >To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz > >Subject: RE: Network

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-20 Thread Bryce Stenberg
the manual configuration when I have to. Regards, Bryce Stenberg >-Original Message- >From: steve [mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz] >Sent: Thursday, 20 August 2009 4:33 p.m. >To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz >Subject: RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alt

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-19 Thread steve
On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 16:14 +1200, Bryce Stenberg wrote: > Thanks for previous tips and linux commands. > > I'm slowly getting somewhere now. > However, it turns out that each time I get the 'lease' section not quite > what it wants in the dhclient.conf file the NetworkManager entries in > syslog

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-19 Thread Bryce Stenberg
Thanks for previous tips and linux commands. I'm slowly getting somewhere now. However, it turns out that each time I get the 'lease' section not quite what it wants in the dhclient.conf file the NetworkManager entries in syslog indicate it is disabling the device 'eth0': "hrnzlx02 NetworkManager

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-19 Thread steve
On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 14:15 +1200, Bryce Stenberg wrote: > (oops - previous message got away on me...) > > >-Original Message- > >From: jim.cheet...@gmail.com [mailto:jim.cheet...@gmail.com] On Behalf > Of > >Jim Cheetham > >Sent: Thursday, 20 August 2009 10:55 a.m. > > > >So, edit /etc/dh

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-19 Thread Hadley Rich
On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 14:15 +1200, Bryce Stenberg wrote: > Is there a way to restart the networking service (or whatever it is > called) without a reboot? Right clicking and choosing enable/disable > doesn't do trick. At a terminal; sudo invoke-rc.d networking restart > Is there a way to see the

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-19 Thread Bryce Stenberg
(oops - previous message got away on me...) >-Original Message- >From: jim.cheet...@gmail.com [mailto:jim.cheet...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of >Jim Cheetham >Sent: Thursday, 20 August 2009 10:55 a.m. > >So, edit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf, and look at the commented-out stuff >at the bottom :-) >

RE: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-19 Thread Bryce Stenberg
>-Original Message- >From: jim.cheet...@gmail.com [mailto:jim.cheet...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of >Jim Cheetham >Sent: Thursday, 20 August 2009 10:55 a.m. > >So, edit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf, and look at the commented-out stuff >at the bottom :-) > I've been trying this out using 'lease' but

Re: Networking - equivalent of windows 'alternate configuration' setting?

2009-08-19 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Bryce Stenberg wrote: > This is have it set to use DHCP to get network address etc, but if no dhcp > server is found within the timeout then set it to an already set manual > configuration instead. > > Does anyone know if this is possible under Ubuntu 9.04? A good