[Server-devel] eth0 statii IP

[Tim Moody]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin Langhoff" <martin.langhoff at gmail.com>
To: "Tim Moody" <timmoody at sympatico.ca>
Cc: <server-devel at lists.laptop.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Server-devel] eth0 statii IP


> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Tim Moody <timmoody at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> /fsroot.olpc/etc/sysconfig/olpc-scripts/network_config closes the loop by
>> creating /etc/sysconfig/olpc_net_config, but ONLY if it succeeds.  It 
>> will
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> Correct. If you change your network hw on the machine, you should run
> the network_config script with a parameter of "1", or remove the
> olpc_net_config flag file and reboot.
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>> fail if there are more than two wired ethernet adapters (or none); I have
>> three so it always fails.
>
> Ouch. What is the role of the 3rd adapter? Is it valid / useful for
> our core scenarios?

My machine doubles as a honey wall (2 adapters bridged and 1 to monitor).  I 
don't know if there is a legitimate need for 3 wired adapters in an XS 
scenario, but I have seen a couple of others on this list with the same 
problem (possibly test machines wanting to simulate the mesh over wired 
because we can't
get an antenna).  Either way, the script could probably accomodate more 
wired adapters.  It already knows what's there.

In general a little more flexibility for people who are testing would be 
nice including, while I'm at it, the ability to partition the machine during 
the install.
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