Re: re Laptop Does Not See eth0 [RESOLVED]

On Sun, 18 Mar 2012, Bengt Richter wrote:

> Couldn't you just use /etc/hosts ?

   Of course. The LAN has used static IP addresses since the late 1970s.

> Then you can from elsewhere on your lan just do ssh $USER@foobie (or use
> the actual value of $USER or whatever, of course).

   Yes, that's what I do to read mail on my server using alpine when I'm away
from the office. However, others (such as my friend) use gmail with a Web
browser from external wifi hot spots and each local server resets
/etc/resolv.conf. This means that it's an empty file when used here and any
attempt to connect to the LAN or the 'Net results in 'network is
unreachable.' Ergo, a backup of /etc/resolv.conf used to recreate that file
when the portable is used locally on the Ethernet.

Rich