suggestion for static ip

[Kasper Peeters <kasper peeters aei mpg de>]

While I know that there has been a lot of debate about static IP
support, could you please consider the following situation?

I have a laptop which I take between various wired network connections
for which I have been given a static IP (all beyond my control, I
would like to use DHCP or at least static DHCP but I cannot). Right
now, I use "arping" to figure out where I am (by pinging a known host
on the network and checking that the MAC address matches), and then
setting the IP address appropriately.

If I come up with a way to add such static, wired network preferences
to networkmanager, without disturbing the default "connect with DHCP"
behaviour, would this be considered for inclusion?  Or am I barking up
the wrong tree? Suggestions welcome.

Best,
Kasper