Ok, thanks a lot! > If you create multiple connections for an interface that does not have a > good means to autodetect what connection to use (ie, ethernet, serial > modem, etc), you will need to explicitly choose which connection you'd > like. You can mark one connection as "autoconnect = False", NM won't > try it by default. So I think you can have one Connection as default > when you plug in the cable, and others available as you need them. >
Right, sounds good to me. Hugo On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:02:32 -0400, "Dan Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 19:01 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Good day all, > > > > The NetworkManagerFAQ[1] indicates that "Better support of static IP > > addresses is planned and in-progress for NetworkManager 0.7.", as does > > various emails on the mailing list archives (though it is not totally > > clear from NetworkManagerToDo[2]). > > > > I guess it will then be possible for the user to set stuff like IP > > address, Subnet mask and Gateway (is that right?) > > > > Question: Will such settings be configured per *"connection"*, so that I > > could, for example, use one static IP for one wireless access point, > > another static IP for another wireless access point, and dynamic IP for > > others? Or will the settings be configured per *"interface"* (such as > > eth0, eth1...)? > > Per connection. There's a page at live.gnome.org called > NetworkManagerConfiguration and NetworkManagerConfigurationSpecification > that you may want to look at. Note that those pages represent the > ideal, and many of those options won't quite work for a bit... > > > (I would much prefer the former..) > > > > How about wired access points? Will NetworkManager be able to > > differentiate between different wired "connections" (or "access > > points"), and store different settings for them? > > If you create multiple connections for an interface that does not have a > good means to autodetect what connection to use (ie, ethernet, serial > modem, etc), you will need to explicitly choose which connection you'd > like. You can mark one connection as "autoconnect = False", NM won't > try it by default. So I think you can have one Connection as default > when you plug in the cable, and others available as you need them. > > Whether or not in the future there's some sort of autodetection by > arping or otherwise of a known MAC address is something people have > proposed, but needs a lot more discussion (sysadmins hate it). > > Dan > > > > > As a sidenote I would like to say that I find NetworkManager to be > > totally excellent. > > > > Best regards > > > > Hugo Heden > > > > [1] > > http://live.gnome.org/DarrenAlbers/NetworkManagerFAQ#head-c8b3f6905f51eed368b9c21893edabcc82531bbc > > [2] http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManagerToDo > > > -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
