[ale] Q: Alternate network setups in SuSE-10.x

[meuon at geeklabs.com (Mike Harrison)]

> I've done this for my laptop with the reverse order.  It starts with
> a static IP, does a single ping to a server on the network.  If no
> response it pings my main desktop.  If no luck there either, it
> invokes DHCP.

Thanks. That's a friggin elegantly simple idea that I wish 
I had come up with  that will save me from reconfiging my laptop
depending on which clients location I am at.