On 02/23/12 at 10:04am, Alfredo Palhares wrote: > Hello Pete, > > > When i am at home i would like the laptop to mount my NAS drive on > > boot always connect via ETH cable never wiFi but out if i connect > > via cable or wirless do not try to mount NAS drive , My thoughts > > Would it be possible to script it so that it checks for an specific MAC > > address before trying to mount the NAS as IP address would not work > > lots of 192.168.x.x networks out there > > A very simple solution would use netcfg profiles for your home network and > connect to the NAS server with the POST_UP= param[1]. > > This would make things easier for you because you will not have to connect to the NAS > on every boot (since you said its a laptop and i assume you use it on other places > than your home) and only connect to the netowk you desire, either by wireless or wired. > You can also add the PRE_DOWN to disconnect of your mount safely before disconnecting the > network. > > If you desire you can set the network to start on boot (by simply adding the profile name to > your rc.conf) but this will make your boot a little slower if you're not on your home (like > connecting to your NAS does). > > [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netcfg#Execute_commands_before.2Fafter_interface_up.2Fdown > > > -- > Regards, > Alfredo Palhares Along those same lines, if you use wicd, you can specificy different wired connection profiles and have your home profile execute your script -- would be a bit simpler as long as you're fine using wicd. Tim
