Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 10:18:58 -0500 From: Bob Greene <rgreene@tclme.org> To: "~/.signature" <hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: setting up laptop for both static/dynamic ip'ss Message-ID: <3AED8262.CD07BFC1@tclme.org> References: <200104301357.f3UDvjn76168@fac13.ds.psu.edu>
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"~/.signature" wrote: > > bob bubbled, > > > "Richard E. Hawkins" wrote: > > > > My laptop arrives on Tuesday (we think). It will need to use > > > a static IP when at my desk, and dynamic when dialing in. Is > > > there a way to make this automatic--perhaps so that if it finds > > > the network on boot, it uses the static, and if not, it waits for > > > ppp to be launched? > > > Why don't you just down the ethernet interface in your ppp script? > > Is it really that easy? :) > > There's something in the back of my mind telling me that the routing > information and the IP address in rc.conf caused problems doing this, > but maybe I'm just confusing this with the lack of a "swapoff" command > . . . > Since I don't have complete information on your intended usage, I can't speak to every possible outcome, but I do this every day. I don't host services on the laptop, I just use it as a client. -- Bob Greene rgreene@TclMe.org Pull my finger for my public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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