Dynamic Networking

[Dave Page-2]

Hi there,

I've recently reinstalled my laptop with Etch. Back when it was running
Sarge, I used the packge "laptop-net" to handle switching network
connections, plugging in the wireless card etc. while the system was
active.

I assumed that in Etch, udev and friends would take care of this for me,
but this seems not to be the case. At the basic level, I'd like my
laptop to try to obtain a DHCP lease when the wired network is
connected, and to scan for known wireless networks when the PCMCIA wifi
card is inserted (and to try to connect to recognised wifi networks).
What's the "right" way to do this in Etch? Ideally I'd like a nice
Debian-compatiable KDE interface for this.

Dave
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[Ritesh]

Dave Page wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I've recently reinstalled my laptop with Etch. Back when it was running
> Sarge, I used the packge "laptop-net" to handle switching network
> connections, plugging in the wireless card etc. while the system was
> active.
>
> I assumed that in Etch, udev and friends would take care of this for me,
> but this seems not to be the case. At the basic level, I'd like my
> laptop to try to obtain a DHCP lease when the wired network is
> connected, and to scan for known wireless networks when the PCMCIA wifi
> card is inserted (and to try to connect to recognised wifi networks).
> What's the "right" way to do this in Etch? Ideally I'd like a nice
> Debian-compatiable KDE interface for this.
>

I don't think there's an answer which can suffice all the requirements.

For example, Network Manager (Or call it K Network Manager) does take care of
most of the stuff you're talking about. But it still is useless (IMO), given
that:
1) you can't use static ip addresses
2) you can't make any additions to the configurations in
the /etc/network/interfaces file. (Something like using pre-up/post-up)
3) anything which isn't auto isn't considered.
4) many more which I might not be aware of.....

But still I'd recommend you to give it a try because it might suffice your
requirements.

OTOH, there are console applications like guessnet, whereami et cetera which can
be of help.

I thought of starting up something for this issue (http://whereami.sf.net) but
still haven't got anything concrete.


Ritesh
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[Martin Steigerwald]

Am Donnerstag 04 Januar 2007 10:17 schrieb Dave Page:

> Hi there,
>
> I've recently reinstalled my laptop with Etch. Back when it was running
> Sarge, I used the packge "laptop-net" to handle switching network
> connections, plugging in the wireless card etc. while the system was
> active.
>
> I assumed that in Etch, udev and friends would take care of this for
> me, but this seems not to be the case. At the basic level, I'd like my
> laptop to try to obtain a DHCP lease when the wired network is
> connected, and to scan for known wireless networks when the PCMCIA wifi
> card is inserted (and to try to connect to recognised wifi networks).
> What's the "right" way to do this in Etch? Ideally I'd like a nice
> Debian-compatiable KDE interface for this.

Hello Dave!

Have a look at the packages ifplugd, guessnet and wpasupplicant. I have
written a Linux User article and made a presentation about this, but both
are in german.

They offer no GUI itnerface like networkmanager tough.

Regards,
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