Re: traditional static ip with nm

[David Griffith <dgriffi cs csubak edu>]

On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, Dan Williams wrote:

> NM natively supports static IP addresses; so you can either configure
> them via /etc/network/interfaces as you normally would, or you can use
> nm-connection-editor along with the 'keyfile' plugin to set up a
> system-wide configuration for your  machines without touching /e/n/i.

My problem with that approach is that the network goes down when the 
console is logged out.

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David Griffith
dgriffi cs csubak edu

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