On Friday 13 Nov 2009 1:30:57 pm steve wrote: > > I demonstrated this problem at Gnunify - and a few RedHat heavyweights > > tried to solve it. They could not. > > Well, firstly, not everyone in Red Hat (btw, that's the name -- it is 2 > words), knows everything about every tool, even the heavyweights and if > they did claim to know a lot about NetworkManager but could not fix the > issue, it strongly indicates a bug (since the general populace do not have > ready access to Red Hat heavyweights who could suggest workarounds as you > possibly do :) ).
I had my laptop connected to a projector, so everyone in the room could see the problem, so the dug up an expert on NetworkManager (Pune is their base), and he could not suggest anything. > > So, like I mentioned maybe you should report it, but before that ... I told them, they said they would revert - they did not > > >> a. What sort of connection do you have to do this for ? > > > > all connections - both usb and ethernet. For the usb modem, the gateway > > is hard coded so that works. > > What do you mean by hard coded ? Did you add it to the routes in the GUI > tool (ie: nm-applet->right click->edit connections->select > connection->edit->ipv4 settings->route) ? no - I did not > > I ask because if that is not the way you did it, I suspect the system will > try to apply this 'hardcoded' route to every connection. that is why I did not > > >> b. What tool do you use to make the connection, NetworkManager/wvdial ? > > > > network manager/wvdial for usb and network manager for ethernet > > ok. > > >> c. Do you have any other connections active ?[1] > > > > the problem arises when I switch my laptop from one ethernet to another > > (home to office, or some else's lan during a talk). Also when rebooting > > Again, this also indicates that the default gateway is being 'set' or > 'reset' from someplace outside of NM (and when it fails -- which it would > if the gateways doesn't belong to the network you are setting it for -- > you end up with an empty default gateway). default gateway is not being set. > > >> d. Could you please paste the output of 'route -n', before and after > >> you've changed the default route ? > > > > [r...@xlquest lawgon]# route > > Kernel IP routing table > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > > Iface > > 192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 > > eth0 > > link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 1002 0 0 > > eth0 default firewall.lan.au > > 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 > > > > this is after changing the default - before changing the last line is > > missing, or set to the previous gateway. I almost never shutdown the > > laptop. > > could you paste the contents of your /etc/sysconfig/network ? > here it is: NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=xlquest.web -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
