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Date:      Wed, 09 Sep 1998 17:35:17 +0200
From:      Panos GEVROS <P.Gevros@cs.ucl.ac.uk>
To:        Chris Shenton <cshenton@uucom.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Laptop address acquisition, static/dynamic, home/work
Message-ID:  <5501.905358917@cs.ucl.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "09 Sep 1998 10:26:13 EDT." <86u32h746y.fsf@samizdat.uucom.com>

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different manufacturer ethernet card for home/office maybe.. ;-)

Panos


Chris Shenton writes:
 |Got 2.2.7-STABLE running on a TP560x, with the free NeoMagic X11
 |server (non-accellerated) from some kind soul on the net. Nice
 |combination. 
 |
 |I'm tired of manually changing the IP, name, defaultroute, and
 |resolv.conf when I drag it between home (static IP) and work
 |(corporate DHCP, I manually assign).  I guess I could build a DHCP
 |client for the laptop and set up DHCP at home, but was looking for a
 |simpler solution.
 |
 |Any thoughts? Perhaps DHCP client with a timeout in the init script
 |which assigns the last address if it doesn't get a DHCP response? 
 |Or should I just bite the bullet and "do the right thing"?
 |
 |Thanks.
 |
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