Re: Network Interfaces

On Sun July 22 2007 14:10, Telly Williams wrote:
Hi,

What concept am I missing?

If I have my laptop connected to the computer through an ethernet, if I
switch it to a USB port, how do I have the OS pick it up? It seems that I
have to have the computer installed with whatever interface that I plan to
use. Am I making any sense?

I have never used usb but I do use a wireless pcmcia card in my laptop. It
just needs an entry in /etc/network/interfaces to work. Mine looks like
this..

-- /etc/network/interfaces --
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

allow-hotplug ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid Homenet
wpa-psk secretpassword

-- end --

I suspect usb networking also needs an entry in there..


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