Package: network-manager Version: 0.6.6-2 Severity: wishlist Hi,
Sometimes, the network cable gets unplugged unwanted (or a WiFi connection hiccups, or a switch is rebooted, ...) whereupon nm proceeds to deconfigure the network interface. Obviously it will re-establish connection as soon as the signal is back. BUT: downloads, VPN, ... often/always fail as soon as the IP is going away. Which can be extremely annoying. Proposed fix: a grace period) 30 seconds? Optional? Tunable?) between the network connection physically goes away and the network interface being downed. And if connection comes back in that time, * assume that it is the same connection * check (trivial for WiFi, probably dhcp renew for DHCP, possibly stuff like "ARP ping to the gateway" for static networks) * if the check fails, reconfigure the interface. So we get * slightly longer delays in applications after network is disconnected versus * much improved behaviour on short network outages. cheers -- vbi -- OpenPGP encrypted mail welcome - my key: http://fortytwo.ch/gpg/92082481
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