Re: discuss: NM server defaults

[Dan Winship <danw gnome org>]

On 07/01/2013 03:44 PM, Colin Walters wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-07-01 at 15:32 -0400, Pavel Simerda wrote:
>
> > In my opinion, the default is to treat DHCP connections as fully
> > dynamic on servers as well as on laptops. 
>
> In other words, a vote against ignore-carrier=* being the
> default.  I think I agree with you - if you're using DHCP,
> I'd expect things to be more dynamic.
>
> danw, any rationale behind the argument for ignore-carrier?

Servers, by definition, tend to have fixed IP addresses. Therefore, if
you are using DHCP on a server, it's probably for ease of deployment,
not because you want dynamism.

> > I don't really see a renew/rebind upon replugging as a problem.

The code doesn't currently support doing it without taking the interface
down. But fixing that may be the best approach.

-- Dan