Re: "Autoip"

["Jerone Young" <jerone gmail com>]

On 11/13/06, Chase Urich <q4radioguy gmail com> wrote:
> > I would like to hear a case where it is actually useful on by default for your average
> > user.
>
> I find it very useful when connecting my laptop via a crossover cable
> to another computer. Saves me the effort of bring the network
> connection up myself (or having to remember to enable the option
> first). That's kinda the point of NetworkManager ... zero (or little)
> configuration needed for most use cases.
>
> As to the notion of firing off different signals depending on
> connection status, that opens a whole can of worms. You cannot boil it
> down to just two, if that's the route taken. Just because you can
> connect to a DHCP server does not imply an Internet connection

But it does imply that you have a working connection to the network
(you might not want to connect to the internet, just network
resources). I think the cross wire route is very rare amongst people
today (I used to do it a lot, not really anymore). I think that the
best solution for this is to have a window pop up to configure your
connection. This does kind of defeat the zeroconf, but it is a trade
off. One or the other. I think at least if it's going to use AutoIP
then the user should have some visual indication of this. Maybe a
network icon with a caution sign. But this really should be an option.
By default auto ip is off. If someone wants to do cross over cable
route they  can turn it on.

> Chase Urich
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