> > Err, yes, that would be the script to modify, I suppose.  But that's a bit
 [...]
> >
> > If polling is the only way to go, how could the polling be done in a
 [...]
>
> For this I would just have the script ask the user to type on keyboard
> '1', '2', '3', ...

As I said before, I was looking for a nice automated solution.  (I would
like to be able to just turn the laptop on and be able to ignore it until
I get to the login prompt, at which time it should be fully configured and
ready to go.)

I might as well, post-boot, reconfigure the network from a default as
root, if the alternative is to have to babysit the boot process.


I believe that the ideal would be to query the LAN to see which (if any)
machines are talking to it---and from that list, look for familiar IP
numbers as a ``signature'' for the desired config.  I guess that, from the
silence on the issue, there's no way to do that unless the network is
running something like DHCP.  A second place finisher is to try different
configs with some of the more obscure ping options to poll for known
network hosts.

Thanks.


  ``I probably don't know what I'm talking about.'' --rauch@math.rice.edu