Finding neighbours on my LAN

[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 17 January 2014, Suvayu Ali sent:
> I can't setup my computers to use fixed ip as they are portables and
> leave the house. 

Theoretically, you can.  You're in the realms of customising something
like NetworkManager, here.  Which some people have no troubles with,
while others swear *at* it.

It should be possible for it to automatically tell the difference
between connecting to your home network, versus another, and for you to
configure each of them differently - the home network with preset
addresses, the others on automatic.  Alternatively, you can do the same
sort of thing, but manually select to connect to a home or other
network, from its list of available networks.

NetworkManager is not just for wireless, it also handles other network
types.

-- 
[tim at localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp
Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64

All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point
trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the
public lists.

George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not
a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments.