Re: Networking question

Paolo wrote:
Hello,

My connection to a Windows LAN is provided by a script which I was given, but
don't understand, and which I've been using on Gutsy and Hardy.

Now it also seems to be working on Intrepid, but I wonder if, with the new
networking capabilities of Intrepid, it is possible to do the configuration
directly in the Network Manager?

The script is saved as /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/cfg_static_routes
and looks like this:

#!/bin/sh
# Add routes obtained by DHCP
function process_static_routes() {
while [ $# -ne 0 ]
do
host=$1
gateway=$2
shift; shift
echo "add -host $host gw $gateway"
route add -host $host gw $gateway
done
}
if [ "$reason" = "BOUND" ]|| [ $reason == "REBOOT" ]
then
# echo "static_routes = $new_static_routes"
process_static_routes $new_static_routes
fi

If anyone has some advice on what to try, I'd be grateful.

Paolo




I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to do with this. Or even why
you need it. With DHCP, once you get an IP address, you'll also get a
default gateway. All that does is tell your system if the system
doesn't know where a packet goes, to shove it to the default. I've
NEVER needed to do this with DHCP, as it will provide basic networking
functionality when you request the IP address. Otherwise, what would be
the point of DHCP?

Any dhcp client will set this up for you (or it should) and NM will
definitely do so. I'm just curious as to WHY you need to use a script
for something that DHCP was designed to handle in the first place.

Have you tried to NOT run that script and see what happens? I mean I
would expect a script like this to be needed, maybe in '91 or '92. Maybe.

Can you explain why this is needed?


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