Re: Static IP settings in 0.7 -- per "connection" or "interface"?

[liam321 123mail org]

Ok, thanks a lot!

> If you create multiple connections for an interface that does not have a
> good means to autodetect what connection to use (ie, ethernet, serial
> modem, etc), you will need to explicitly choose which connection you'd
> like.  You can mark one connection as "autoconnect = False", NM won't
> try it by default.  So I think you can have one Connection as default
> when you plug in the cable, and others available as you need them.
>

Right, sounds good to me.

Hugo



On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:02:32 -0400, "Dan Williams" <dcbw redhat com>
said:
> On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 19:01 +0200, liam321 123mail org wrote:
> > Good day all,
> > 
> > The NetworkManagerFAQ[1] indicates that "Better support of static IP
> > addresses is planned and in-progress for NetworkManager 0.7.", as does
> > various emails on the mailing list archives (though it is not totally
> > clear from NetworkManagerToDo[2]).
> > 
> > I guess it will then be possible for the user to set stuff like IP
> > address, Subnet mask and Gateway (is that right?) 
> > 
> > Question: Will such settings be configured per *"connection"*, so that I
> > could, for example, use one static IP for one wireless access point,
> > another static IP for another wireless access point, and dynamic IP for
> > others? Or will the settings be configured per *"interface"* (such as
> > eth0, eth1...)?
> 
> Per connection.  There's a page at live.gnome.org called
> NetworkManagerConfiguration and NetworkManagerConfigurationSpecification
> that you may want to look at.  Note that those pages represent the
> ideal, and many of those options won't quite work for a bit...
> 
> > (I would much prefer the former..)
> > 
> > How about wired access points? Will NetworkManager be able to
> > differentiate between different wired "connections" (or  "access
> > points"), and store different settings for them?
> 
> If you create multiple connections for an interface that does not have a
> good means to autodetect what connection to use (ie, ethernet, serial
> modem, etc), you will need to explicitly choose which connection you'd
> like.  You can mark one connection as "autoconnect = False", NM won't
> try it by default.  So I think you can have one Connection as default
> when you plug in the cable, and others available as you need them.
> 
> Whether or not in the future there's some sort of autodetection by
> arping or otherwise of a known MAC address is something people have
> proposed, but needs a lot more discussion (sysadmins hate it).
> 
> Dan
> 
> > 
> > As a sidenote I would like to say that I find NetworkManager to be
> > totally excellent. 
> > 
> > Best regards
> > 
> > Hugo Heden
> > 
> > [1]
> > http://live.gnome.org/DarrenAlbers/NetworkManagerFAQ#head-c8b3f6905f51eed368b9c21893edabcc82531bbc
> > [2] http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManagerToDo
> > 
> 

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