Re: Static ip configuration

[Christoph Sturm <christoph sturm gmail com>]

Hey guys!

On 11/30/05, Jens Lautenbacher <jtl schlund de> wrote:
> I hate to repeat myself, but this simply doesn't work without too much
> effort when commuting between two networks where there are a) two
> different static IPs on the interface or b) one time dhcp is supported
> and the other it's a static IP.
>
> I really believe NM needs to have a way to manually choose between
> different configurations for an interface .

I also have a use case for exactly this feature. there are wavelans
with disabled dhcp for some obscure "security by obscurity" reasons,
and while this is a strange thing to do imho i still need to be able
to use these networks.

network manager could just ask for the configuration if it doesnt get
a dhcp reply. So the normal ui wouldnt get cluttered with a new
option, but instead of just not working when theres no dhcp you get a
dialog where you can enter the values.

would that be possible in the current NM architecture?

regards
 chris