Todd Denniston wrote, On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:14:16 -0500 >
> McGuffey, David C. wrote, On 01/12/2009 12:36 PM: > > I almost hate to bring this topic up again because it was beaten to > > death earlier. However...I'm having a problem with NetworkManager > > scribbling a bizarre netmask into my *SUPPOSEDLY* static address info > > for eth0. > > > > I get it configured, and it works for a while, then I end up with dns > > lookup failures. When I go to NetworkManager I find it has duplicated > > the gateway address (192.168.1.1) into the netmask entry also. > > > > Getting static addressing to work under NetworkManager has been nothing > > short of a hair-pulling experience. The folks working NetworkManager > > need to understand that not *ALL* linux boxes will travel...some are > > single-purpose boxes on networks that have a security policy that > > mandates static addressing. When one checks the static address button, > > NetworkManager must absolutely stop scribbling in places it > > shouldn't!!!! > > The responses I have seen to this problem in this list and the fedora-test > list summarize as follows: > > 1) the *CURRENT* NM does not do a (non DHCP) static configuration very > well or > at all, but they are working on it for a future version, and occasionally > DHCP > and NM are fun. > > 2) if your computer does not roam and/or does not use wireless networks, > then > do the following UNTIL the static network version of NM is ready: > > service NetworkManager stop > /sbin/chkconfig NetworkManager off > /sbin/chkconfig network on > service network start > system-config-network #configure as you > # # always have in the past. > reboot #if you're feeling frogy. > > 3) the biggest unfortunate thing about the above is that it may or may not > be > possible to configure a kickstart postscript to do 2 while installing on a > mess of machines in an automated way. > > -- > Todd Thanks. I'll give this a try later today when I get back to the lab. The lab is small, and I'm not using kickstart. Dave McGuffey Principal Information System Security Engineer // NSA-IEM, NSA-IAM SAIC, IISBU, Columbia, MD
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