two ethernet ports

dormant · 08-10-2009, 01:26 PM

I have a machine with two ethernet ports, eth0 and eth1.

I need to connect to two different networks - but not at the same time. One network uses static ip, the other DHCP.

Is it possible to set one port to have a static ip and the other to have dhcp.

Then I just choose the networking type by plugging the ethernet cable into the appropriate port.

markush · 08-10-2009, 03:31 PM

This is possible. But please post which distribution you're using since the way of configuration depends on this.
A better solution may be using wicd, this utility manages various network-connections automaticaly (when once properly configured).

Markus