Re: Multiple network configurations

[Toni Erdmann <antonius.erdmann@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I have the same situation (DHCP and fiexed IP address at different
locations)

I tried to use 'profile' in neat (redhat-config-network), but
all I saw was having confusion with thoes files.

/etc/sysconfig/network-script/network-functions

the fist shell-funtions searches some paths for the config files

need_config ()
{
    CURRENT_PROFILE=${CURRENT_PROFILE:-default}
    CURRENT_PROFILE=${CURRENT_PROFILE##*/}
    CONFIG=../networking/profiles/$CURRENT_PROFILE/ifcfg-${1}
    [ -f "${CONFIG}" ] && return ||
    CONFIG=../networking/profiles/$CURRENT_PROFILE/${1}
    [ -f "${CONFIG}" ] && return ||
    CONFIG=../networking/default/ifcfg-${1}
    [ -f "${CONFIG}" ] && return || CONFIG=../networking/default/${1}
    [ -f "${CONFIG}" ] && return || CONFIG="ifcfg-${1}"
    [ -f "${CONFIG}" ] && return || CONFIG="${1}"
}


CURRENT_PROFILE will be set in

/etc/sysconfig/network  (by neat, ...)

But I got confusion with (hard, not symbolic) links between
those config file in the paths. Even different configs in different
profiles (default and dhcp) have the same i-node.
It does not work!

CURRENT_PROFILE can also be set using 'netprofile=profilename'
when appended to 'kernel' line of 'GRUB' config entry.

http://www.gurulabs.com/RedHatLinux9-review.html

tells more about that.

I did not try it with the current update (bug fixes) for
redhat-config-network (as provided by RH some days ago),
but will do so during the next days.

Any ideas?

Toni

Ossama Khayaat wrote:
> I tried using the tui and gui based versions, and couldn't figure out how to use multiple configurations though.
>
> Anyone?
>
> Ossama
>
>
> > > Hi all,
> > > I'm using RH9 on my laptop. I'm having a problem that every
> > > time that I take it somewhere, I have to change the
> > > configuration of the NIC to be able to connect to the network.
> > > Is there a way I can be able to save the configurations so
> > > that I can simply switch between them when ever I need?
> >
> > redhat-config-network supposed to support multiple profiles. I never used
> > it
> > though.
> >
> > HTH,
> > 	Pavel.
> >
> >
> > > Regards,
> > > Ossama Khayat
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