On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 09:16 +0100, Marc Herbert wrote: > >> If you have a DHCP server, but it's down, falling back to IPv4LL > >> doesn't get you anywhere. > > > > ... and NOT falling back does not get you anywhere either. So here it > > does not make much difference. > > After thinking about it, this is actually not true. Even in the "DHCP > down" case a fallback to link local is useful. > > There are more and more peer to peer applications out there and you > typically want both external connectivity AND reach your .local > neighbours. A failure of the former should not imply a failure of the latter. > > Even when your DHCP server is down, you still want to pull fresh code > from your collegues' git repositories at work or stream video to your > Apple TV box at home. > > > Anyway thanks for answering and making clear that NetworkManager is > designed not to have this feature any more. This avoids wasting time > looking for it.
I'm not opposed to it, I just think we do need to think through the consequences of doing something like that, because it breaks stuff including user expectations. Dan _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
