Re: [SLE] Internet via ADSL router and via dial up possible on same system?
From: Matt T. (Matt_at_Boons.net)
Date: 09/01/03
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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 09:44:02 +0700
On Sunday 31 August 2003 13:27, Hartmut Meyer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am Sonntag, 31. August 2003 06:02 schrieb Matt T.:
> > My notebook needs to get connected to the Internet via an ADSL router
> > when I'm in the office. No problem, I just set up the default gateway to
> > the router's IP and it works.
> >
> > However when I travel I use an Internet dial up connection (kinternet or
> > kppp). But that does not work when the default gateway is still set to
> > the router's IP in the office.
> >
> > So I have to take out the default gateway every time I use dial up
> > connections, and reenter it when I use the router. And while I'm at it,
> > it is probably a good idea to do the same for the DNS entries required by
> > the ADSL connection.
>
> That's exactly the kind of scenario where scpm comes into play:
>
> user@linux:~> rpm -qi scpm
> Name : scpm Relocations: (not relocateable)
> Version : 0.9.1 Vendor: SuSE Linux AG,
> Nuernberg, Germany
> Release : 25 Build Date: Mon Mar 17 18:00:17
> 2003
> Install date: Fri Mar 21 19:40:41 2003 Build Host: Zert230.suse.de
> Group : System/Base Source RPM:
> scpm-0.9.1-25.src.rpm Size : 1758793
> License: GPL
> Packager : http://www.suse.de/feedback
> Summary : System Configuration Profile Management
> Description :
> SCPM enables your system to save different configurations in
> profiles. You can boot directly into a profile as well as
> switch profiles at run time. It is the successor of scheme
> management.
>
> Have a look at the YaST2 profile manager. It's a frontend to scpm.
>
> scpm is also described in the green adminstration manual. Read this first
> befor you start using it.
>
>
> Greetings from Bremen
> hartmut
Sounds good!
I will try it as soon as I'm back (tomorrow) in the office.
thanks,
Matt
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