Re: Possibility to determine state of a connection

[Martin Steuer <martinsteuer gmx de>]

Am 13.02.2013 01:17, schrieb Dan Williams:
> On Tue, 2013-02-12 at 21:18 +0100, Martin Steuer wrote:
> > I started using NetworkManager on a fresh installation of mine and
> > noticed a problem regarding PPPoE connections: When establishing a PPPoE
> > connection via ethernet an existing IP connection is disconnected. Thus
> > loosing IP connectivity on the local network.
>
> This has been an issue for a long time in NM, and it needs to be
> addressed in a more complete manner.  Basically, we need to run both the
> original eth connection and the PPPoE one in parallel.  In reality, this
> looks a lot like a VPN, and perhaps we should treat it as such.  Or,
> really, it's just a tunnel like a VPN is a tunnel, and we should have a
> more generic framework for handling tunnel interfaces.

Thats what I was thinking, VPN seems simliar in nature.

> That would imply a change in behavior of NM as D-Bus clients would see
> it, so perhaps this would have to wait a bit until we support multiple
> VPN connections.  Which is something I'm happy to provide some guidance
> on if anyone wants to work on it?

I'd be willing to invest some time, how involved would that be?

> Dan
> <snip>

Martin