I accept this decision but I completely disagree with it. Forbidding me entering a totally valid configuration for whatever reason but forcing me to enter an invalid one absolutely does not sound right to me.
Analyzing the use case also does not tell me this is a right solution. Those without strong knowledge of networking will most probably ask someone else what data to enter (how the heck could they figure it out themselves), so most probably they will be told the gateway address as well. So what this "feature" is protecting them is that when they enter the addresses they were told they simply forget one of them. I find it very unlikely. Also they could do a lot other mistakes there - entering wrong numbers, swapping the ip and the gw addresses, etc. Also, what if they really do not have a gw address for that interface? There is absolutely no indication that that is the reason for the button to be disabled. It took me 10 minutes to figure it out. At least please enable the button and complain about the missing gw when it is pressed. I could also accept that the gw is required for the _first_ interface, but not for additional ones (like in my case). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/969422 Title: cannot save connection without specifying a gateway Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: I have a dedicated network adapter in my computer that is directly connected to my nas (no router/switch involved). Both have a dedicated IP address. When I want to set up the connection, it insists on specifying a gateway address. As the two are connected directly there is no gateway and it does not even makes sense. However without a gateway address specified the connection cannot be saved. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.3.995+git.20120313t141231.c89224f-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Date: Fri Mar 30 19:41:51 2012 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328) NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RfKill: SourcePackage: network-manager-applet UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/969422/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
