Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 00:08:01 +0200 From: Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch> To: Stephen Moriarty <stephen_moriarty@avid.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using FreeBSD disconnected on a notebook Message-ID: <20040503220801.GA18886@speedy.unibe.ch> In-Reply-To: <243F1870-9D3D-11D8-A28A-0003938AA46E@avid.com> References: <243F1870-9D3D-11D8-A28A-0003938AA46E@avid.com>
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On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 04:04:53PM -0400, Stephen Moriarty wrote: > I'm trying to configure FreeBSD on my notebook such that when it's > docked at the office, I'm able to take advantage of networked resources > - NIS, amd, NFS. When I'm away, I want to selectively, and preferably > automatically, take advantage of the more limited network resources, > which usually includes none of the previous examples. Surely, someone > else has already solved this. The only reference I found were relative > to email. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2003-November/002284.html this patch might help. it enables support for multiple network profiles (eg home, work, home-wlan) that get detected automatically whenever the laptop is started or woken from suspend. everything below /etc can be configured per location, and hooks for non- /etc stuff are present. it does not apply cleanly to -current but that can easily be fixed. i don't have time right now to add the missing parts (acpi support, clean restart in case the laptop crashes, for whatever reason not related to my patch, fully working suspend/resume support), but i will fix things next month or so. i have used it without suspend/resume functionality for months and it is stable. cheers, t.
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