Re: confused by netbase/udev

[Steffen Sledz <sledz@dresearch.de>]

Paul Menzel wrote:
>> And here's what i like to see:
>> * Connect an USB-NIC should result in an DHCP-configured interface.
> 
> Do you have it configured somewhere (for example in [2])? If not you can
> use a daemon like NetworkManager.
> ...
> [2] /etc/network/interfaces

It's the Angstrom standard configuration containing e.g.

 # Wired or wireless interfaces
 auto eth0
 iface eth0 inet dhcp
 iface eth1 inet dhcp

But i'm not sure what this part means (especially what means 'auto'
here. Where can i found some documentation about the content of this
config file. The busybox and ifup/ifdown manpages are not very helpful
here. :(

And another problem is the mentioned naming. If every connected
USB-NIC gets a new name i cannot refer to it in this config file.

> I hope that helps.

Just a tiny bit.  ;-)

Steffen