[ubuntu-uk] Auto Mounting Network Shares

Ken Adams adams.ken.j at googlemail.com
Tue Aug 11 13:27:05 BST 2009


On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 13:00 +0100, David Jones wrote:
> Ken Adams wrote:
> > I have a new laptop with wifi and 9.04 running. I have various wifi
> > connections I use, including my home network with my server and desktop
> > machine.
> > 
> > Is it possible to automatically mount the shares on my home network when
> > my laptop uses the home network.
> > 
> > Rgds Ken
> > 
> > 
> > 
> I do that using NFS, my server has various drives mounted.  When my 
> laptop connects to the network, I've got a mount point specified in 
> /media and I've got an entry in /etc/fstab to mount the ip-address/mount 
> point to a local mountpoint on the laptop.
> 
> Dave

That bit sounds easy enough!!! Does this cause any problems when I am
connecting via wifi or mobile broadband when I am not at home? I will be
using my laptop alot away from the home LAN.

Rgds Ken.





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