Re: suggestion for static ip

[Kasper Peeters <kasper peeters aei mpg de>]

> Ideally we'd like to do the arping work ourselves without running the
> actual arping executable

The part of the arping code which we need is probably small enough to
be included in networkmanager.

> One question though...  how would this work with, say, 20 static IP
> configs?  

I wouldn't worry about this too much. A ping from a local router comes
back fast, so I would initially implement this by just trying all
static IPs in turn. For those people who need this option, waiting a
few seconds for the network to come up is far better than having to
deal with a home-made solution. 

> Also, this seems to be applicable only to wired networks, right?  

Yes, only for wired networks.

Kasper