Re: [expert] Is it meant to be hard or easy to change network settings?

2003-01-23 Thread Mark Alexander
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 02:39:02PM +, David Robertson wrote: Every time I move my laptop from one location to the other, I have to set up the network connection from scratch. I had this problem with my laptop (running MDK 8.1, now 9.0). It gets used at the following locations: * at work

Re: [expert] Is it meant to be hard or easy to change network settings?

2003-01-22 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 22 January 2003 01:19, Damon Lynch wrote: On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 14:20, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: As to the gui tool; guuhhh!! I hate it and never use it nor the profiles. Much too slow to startup and clunky=:o( I agree that once you have learned and the commands, with appropriate

Re: [expert] Is it meant to be hard or easy to change network settings?

2003-01-22 Thread tarvid
The easiest way to handle portable devices is with DHCP and assigned addresses by MAC. That way you can provide reverse DNS as appropriate. Jim Tarvid On Wednesday 22 January 2003 09:39 am, David Robertson wrote: On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 21:44, Damon Lynch wrote: Hi, Are the GUI network

Re: [expert] Is it meant to be hard or easy to change network settings?

2003-01-22 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 22 January 2003 14:39, David Robertson wrote: I have to admit that I have always had problems with this. At home I have adsl and at work a small, fixed-IP mixed lan, with dial-up internet connection.Every time I move my laptop from one location to the other, I have to set up the

[expert] Is it meant to be hard or easy to change network settings?

2003-01-21 Thread Damon Lynch
Hi, Are the GUI network tools supposed to take care of all changes needed to connect through KPPP instead of through an already configured ethernet adapter? That is, change the default gateway, change shorewall configuration, and make sure that DNS is ok? And do all of this with the ethernet

Re: [expert] Is it meant to be hard or easy to change network settings?

2003-01-21 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 21 January 2003 21:44, Damon Lynch wrote: Hi, Are the GUI network tools supposed to take care of all changes needed to connect through KPPP instead of through an already configured ethernet adapter? That is, change the default gateway, change shorewall configuration, and make

Re: [expert] Is it meant to be hard or easy to change network settings?

2003-01-21 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 21 January 2003 22:47, Damon Lynch wrote: Are you using DHCP for both networks, or does one of them have a static IP? On my (old) cable connection, I had a static IP address (with fixed gateway and DNS too of course). Do you use the profiles in the network GUI tool? thanks,