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robinmarlow
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:53 pm    Post subject: Automatic wired network selection without DHCP (SOLVED) Reply with quote

Hello,

I would like my laptop to automatically switch to the correct network address when plugged in at home & uni.
Uni I have a fixed network address but no DHCP server to give me it.
My home network I currently have a 192.168.XX fixed address but there is DHCP running on the router.

There did seem to be various programs that did this (whereami, intuitively but they all seem neglected).
I am currently using networkmanager and it seems to have no facility for choosing between wired connections although it does it nicely for wireless.

Has anyone suggestions on how i might do this. Or should I just carry on choosing them manually.

Robin


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 9:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

robinmarlow,

Read the /usr/share/doc/... example file for net.

You can use DHCP at give you an IP address at home. It can be set in the DHCP server as a fixed IP against your MAC address if you wish.
Also, when DHCP fails, you can fallback to your manually assigned IP for Uni.

The example page I almost linked to tells how to use fallback.
You also need to sort out your /etc/resolv.conf as that will vary from site to site.

I think you can use the postup function in the /etc/conf.d/net file to write the /etc/resolve.conf file depending on your IP.
The postup function is explained in the reference too.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Neddy,

The network scripts do seem a lot easier to use than last time I remember looking at them.

I had started experimenting with using dhcpcd to give static addresses based on arppings - but it just doesn't play nicely with networkmanager.
I'll see if I can get the init scripts set up right instead.

Robin
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hurrah! Thanks,

buried in /usr/share/doc/openrc-0.11.5/net.example was how to use arping

also described here http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Network_profiles_with_arping

This does exactly what I want. Thanks Neddy,

Just need to get ifplugd to behave now!
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