A few days ago I installed kernel 2.6.29 from backports.org on my new Debian Lenny machine in order to get Intel 5100 AGN wireless driver support. While trying to convince the driver that I am not, in fact, an American, I discovered that Linux’s wireless support is moving toward a new framework for handling the [...]
Also tagged crda, linux, wirelessThe DHCP server at my workplace allows clients to request a host name, and it then uses dynamic DNS updates to update the local DNS zone. To make this work on Debian, I added the hostname option to the LAN iface stanza in my /etc/network/interfaces file: iface eth0 inet dhcp hostname capybara Strangely, this option [...]
Also tagged /etc/network/interfaces, dhcp, dhcp3-client, dhcpcd, hostname/etc/network/interfaces ADSL bash bgp bind cell c debian dhcp dhcp3-client dhcpcd dns doc DPE ethernet fail fnbconnect home networking hosting hostname ICASA infraco IPv6 IS IS Labs ispa lasers linux mikrotik MTN Business MWeb Neology peering phone-camera policy python routeros SAIX spammers telkom trouble-shooting uncapped vans verizon winbox zimbabwe
