From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Sep 9 09:35:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA07461 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Wed, 9 Sep 1998 09:35:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bells.cs.ucl.ac.uk (bells.cs.ucl.ac.uk [128.16.5.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA07456 for ; Wed, 9 Sep 1998 09:35:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from P.Gevros@cs.ucl.ac.uk) Received: from froutopia.cs.ucl.ac.uk by bells.cs.ucl.ac.uk with local SMTP id ; Wed, 9 Sep 1998 17:35:18 +0100 X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.6 3/24/96 To: Chris Shenton cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptop address acquisition, static/dynamic, home/work In-reply-to: Your message of "09 Sep 1998 10:26:13 EDT." <86u32h746y.fsf@samizdat.uucom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 17:35:17 +0200 Message-ID: <5501.905358917@cs.ucl.ac.uk> From: Panos GEVROS Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org different manufacturer ethernet card for home/office maybe.. ;-) Panos Chris Shenton writes: |Got 2.2.7-STABLE running on a TP560x, with the free NeoMagic X11 |server (non-accellerated) from some kind soul on the net. Nice |combination. | |I'm tired of manually changing the IP, name, defaultroute, and |resolv.conf when I drag it between home (static IP) and work |(corporate DHCP, I manually assign). I guess I could build a DHCP |client for the laptop and set up DHCP at home, but was looking for a |simpler solution. | |Any thoughts? Perhaps DHCP client with a timeout in the init script |which assigns the last address if it doesn't get a DHCP response? |Or should I just bite the bullet and "do the right thing"? | |Thanks. | |To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org |with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message