Re: NM and manual selection of a card without link

[Paul Ionescu <i_p_a_u_l yahoo com>]

Thanks Dan,

I will get back with more info and bug reports,
because I am doing now some intensive testing of NM to
see how it performs in different user scenarious.

Best regards,
Paul

--- Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> wrote:

> Paul,
> 
> This is a great idea.  We'll do this.
> 
> Dan
> 
> On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Paul Ionescu wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am using NM-0.3.3.1 with FC3 with 2 wired nets.
> > If I pull the cable from the main link, it
> automatically switches to the
> > second one.
> > But what is bad is that NMI does not prevent me
> from selecting to activate
> > a card without link, which IMO is a bug.
> > NM will activate this linkless card resulting in
> loss of network
> > connectivity.
> > When I click on NMI, I expect that there is no way
> I can
> > select a non working interface, like one without
> link. It should be
> > present in the list, but grayed out, with a
> nonlink indication and non
> > selectable for activation. Same goes when on
> wireless and manually try to
> > select a wired link without link. 
> > If GUI feedback is not so easy to implement, at
> least we should test if
> > link is present when we choose to activate a card.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Paul
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> 



		
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