Other DHCP settings are fixed in code also. By example DHCP_TIMEOUT is fixed to 45 seconds. Terminals gaining ip leases thru radio links or vpn's aren't able to work with such short timeout.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1098362 Title: DHCP settings for network manager shared connection are hard-coded source, should be editable Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: 1) Ubuntu 10.04, but it's in all versions. 2) any version of network manager 3) I want to be able to change the DHCP settings for a shared network connection 4) YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM WON'T LET ME! The file nm-device.c contains this line: nm-device.c: guint32 start = (guint32) ntohl (0x0a2a2b01); /* 10.42.43.1 */ hard-coding DHCP settings that should obviously be editable by the user is a TERRIBLE IDEA. PLEASE FIX. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1098362/+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
