changing gatewaydev on notebook

[Derek Atkins]

You could try putting the GATEWAY into your ifcfg-* file...  Indeed, I
don't think that technically you need a GATEWAYDEV, and if you do I
think you can also put that in the ifcfg-* file..

-derek

Ron Peterson <rpeterson at wallacefloyd.com> writes:

> Here's the /etc/sysconfig/network file on my notebook:
> 
> NETWORKING=yes
> FORWARD_IPV4=false
> HOSTNAME=wfll01.wallacefloyd.com
> DOMAINNAME=wallacefloyd.com
> #GATEWAY=172.16.0.1
> #GATEWAYDEV=eth0
> GATEWAYDEV=ppp0
> 
> When I'm in the office, I uncomment the lines currently commented, and
> comment the last line.  Then run /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart.  Then
> do the opposite when I'm home.
> 
> Needless to say, this is rather clumsy.  How could I do this more
> elegantly?  Perhaps I could change my /etc/rc.d/init.d/network script to
> check whether I'm on a network or not, then repond accordingly?  But how
> would I do that?
> 
> There are many things I could simplify that I don't.  I guess I like the
> typing practice.  Plus I feel like if I bury too many things in scripts,
> I'll forget how things work.  But this particular annoyance is becoming
> bothersome...
> 
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