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[Bruce Samhaber <bsamhaber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK I found it in YAST -> System -> Profile Manager

THank you for your replies. 


On Wednesday 16 November 2005 18:42, James Knott wrote:
> Bruce Samhaber wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there a way to configure multiple network profiles in SUSE 9.3?
> > I am running SUSE 9.3 on a laptop and want to connect it to different
> > networks. For example:
> >
> > 1) Home Connection
> >   - Wired & wireless Ethernet
> >   - CUPS Print Server
> >   - Eventually Samba
> >   - Kmail should check mail automatically
> >
> > 2) Roaming Connection
> >   - Dial-up through Cell Phone from USB/COM Port (Idealistic)
> >   - Wireless Ethernet
> >   - Kmail should not check mail automatically
> >
> > 3) Office Connection
> >   - Wireless Ethernet
> >   - Windows print server.
> >   - Kmail should check mail automatically
> >
> > 4) Other Connection
> >   - Dial-up through built-in modem
> >   - Wireless Ethernet
> >   - Kmail should not check mail automatically
> >
> >
> > To really top off the functionality it would be great if the system
> > autonmatically switched profiles dependent on detecting certain network
> > parameters. For example:
> > a) switch to Home Connection when  the home wireless network is detected,
> > switch to the Office when its network is detected, only swicth to the
> > roaming connection manually
> >
> > Each profile could contain rules for automatic switching. These rules
> > could be of two types A) under what conditions to look for a new network
> > B) when to switch to this network profile when searching.
>
> Yes, SUSE has something called, oddly enough, "profiles", which can do
> what you want.  They even let you use Profile Manager in Yast to do it.

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