On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 06:33, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> What NetworkManager does, in essence, is that if you have a wired
> ethernet link it dhcp's it, and if you don't it lets you choose a
> wireless essid from any that are available, and also specify the
> encryption key etc., then dhcp's that. It could be extended to let you
> provide a static IP config in a similar way to the wireless info.
> If you plug/unplug the network cable then NetworkManager dynamically
> moves between wired and wireless. Hopefully I got that right, I'm sure
> Dan will correct me if not.
Will it have hooks for e.g. configuring network proxies, cups default
destinations, etc. depending on the network/dns domain you're in?
Currently I use a shell script as dhclient's exit hook that does these
things for me (in a more or less reliable manner). Querying for the dns
domain first, then maybe setting a static IP would also be an idea
though I admit it sounds weird ;-).
Nils
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