automating the ifconfig usb0 192.168.2.1 on the host

[damaru]

So is there a way to automating the ifconfig usb0 192.168.2.1 on the host, I am on linux, and would like my computer to setup the usb0 to the proper ip address as soon as the kindle is connected to the computer.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by damaru

So is there a way to automating the ifconfig usb0 192.168.2.1 on the host, I am on linux, and would like my computer to setup the usb0 to the proper ip address as soon as the kindle is connected to the computer.

You can define that behavior in a udev rule.
google will be a help if you haven't written udev rules before.

[geekmaster]

Or you can use a script, such as "mntusb" in the hacks sticky thread, which I wrote to allow using multiple kindles at the same time on different USB ports.

[damaru]

ok so it's working but really ugly code atm :

I added a udev rule :

KERNEL=="usb[0-9]*", DEVPATH=="/devices/platform/bcm2708_usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/net/usb0", ACTION=="add", RUN+="/usr/local/sbin/kindle-usb-add.sh %k"


I was not able to get the udev being trigger trough a ATTRS{vendor}=="Kindle " so I had to:

udevadm monitor --kernel (and the connect the kindle)

to find where the kindle was mounted. (hence the DEVPATH=="/devices/platform/bcm2708_usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/net/usb0" )

Then the kindle-usb-add.sh has only the ifconfig usb0 192.168.2.1 in a bash script

so it's working but the udev is plain ugly and would love to find something more classy so that udev can
'see' the kindle and not only look for the devpath. Even if I plug it in a different usb the udev don't work...

[damaru]

ho well - the udev is kind of nice but I can't get it to look good enough, I used instead some network config in my /etc/network/interfaces:

allow-hotplug usb0

mapping hotplug
script grep
map usb0

iface usb0 inet static
address 192.168.2.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.2.255
up iptables -I INPUT 1 -s 192.168.2.1 -j ACCEPT

which work the same, but is cleaner

[knc1]

Originally Posted by damaru

ho well - the udev is kind of nice but I can't get it to look good enough, I used instead some network config in my /etc/network/interfaces:

allow-hotplug usb0

mapping hotplug
script grep
map usb0

iface usb0 inet static
address 192.168.2.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.2.255
up iptables -I INPUT 1 -s 192.168.2.1 -j ACCEPT

which work the same, but is cleaner

I was unable to give you details in my first post because you forgot to mention which "Linux" you had installed.

There are a lot of different ones out there, and not all of them use that control file (they all use udev - even the Kindle uses udev).

If you had provided a better question, I could have given you a better answer (see signature).

[zizzfizzix]

Your distro most probably ships with networkmanager so instead of reinventing the wheel you could actually use it.
GUI configuration varies but files are similar, mine (in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/) looks like this:

[802-3-ethernet]
port=mii
mac-address=ee:49:0:0:0:0

[connection]
id=usbnet kindle
uuid=30a862ca-e1a0-4f8a-ac91-e0410b53a391
type=802-3-ethernet
permissions=user:zizzfizzix:;

[ipv6]
method=ignore

[ipv4]
method=manual
addresses1=192.168.15.1;24;0.0.0.0;

[knc1]

Originally Posted by zizzfizzix

Your distro most probably ships with networkmanager so instead of reinventing the wheel you could actually use it.

Unless it ships with conman, one of the others, or none at all.

Better to ask for clarification or assume the lowest common denominator.

And even if: "Your distro most probably..." is true, you can't tell from the content of this thread the settings in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf, such as:

[ifupdown]
managed=false

If the O.P. has Network Manager installed, and the above setting '=true' then it will 'manage' the ifup and ifdown commands - which in turn use the file the O.P. modified.

Translation: You can't assume the O.P. re-invented anything from the thread content here.