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Table of ContentsLinux Network InterfacesTrying network-manager - whow, its great!/etc/init.d/ifplugd stop nano /etc/default/ifplugd [...] #INTERFACES="eth0" INTERFACES="" [...] /etc/init.d/ifplugd stop mv /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.bak nano /etc/network/interfaces # Loopback networking device # auto lo iface lo inet loopback aptitude install network-manager-gnome adduser emmenlau netdev Done. Now the nm-applet should appear in the gnome notification-area. Use nm-tool as root to see more detailed statistics. Other, older configs - pre-Netowrk ManagerNamed Interfaces
setup the interfaces: iface home inet static address 192.168.0.123 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.1 iface work inet static address 81.201.3.123 netmask 255.255.0.0 gateway 81.201.1.1 then you can do: ifup eth0=home Bring up interface only when cable is plugged in (old)auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp pre-up [ `cat /sys/class/net/eth0/iflink` -ne 2 ] Bring up interface only when cable is plugged in (new)aptitude install ifplugd <code> nano /etc/default/ifplugd <code> INTERFACES="eth0" HOTPLUG_INTERFACES="" ARGS="--no-shutdown --ignore-fail --delay-up=0 --delay-down=10 --wait-on-fork --ignore-retval" # -t | --poll-time= SECS SUSPEND_ACTION="stop" nano /etc/network/interfaces # Network Card # now configured via ifplugd (/etc/default/ifplugd) iface eth0 inet dhcp /etc/init.d/networking restart ifconfig eth0 down /etc/init.d/ifplugd restart WLan with WPA2setup /etc/network/interfaces iface wlan-mars inet dhcp wpa-driver wext wpa-ssid MARS wpa-psk u_wish wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK wpa-pairwise TKIP dhclient -r wlan0 wpa_cli # terminate # quit ifdown wlan0 ifup wlan0=wlan-mars |