[TriLUG] laptop on-net/off-net

[Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney]

On Sun, 2002-03-17 at 06:06, M. Mueller (bhu5nji) wrote:
> What is the proper way to get a laptop on and off the net without shutting 
> down?

Internal or external (PCMCIA) NIC? What Distro?

I use Red Hat Linux 7.2.

For my internal NIC, I set "ONBOOT=NO" in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

I do the same for ifcfg-eth1 (my pcmcia NIC card)

Both cards use DHCP.

When I need the onboard ethernet, I run "ifup eth0" as root. When I'm
done, I "ifdown eth0"

When I use the pcmcia card, I just plug it in, and when I'm done, eject
it. This automatically calls ifup/ifdown for eth1 for me.

If you don't have an onboard ethernet card, the pcmcia card will be
"eth0"

HTH...
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