On Tue, 2013-04-16 at 14:03 -0400, Mark London wrote: > Hi - I'm using redhat 6, and when we reboot a network switch that a redhat > computer is connected to, NetworkManager seems to very quickly detect the > loss of the network, and deactivates the port. Is there a way to delay > the deactivation, in case the network disconnection is brief? I've > confirmed, by not using NetworkManager, that NFS disks can recover from a > brief disconnect, so that adding a delay before deactivating the port, > would be very useful. Thanks very much. - Mark
NetworkManager listens to the driver's carrier signals and will disconnect the interface if the link is down for more than about 4 seconds. The 4 seconds is a compromise between the need to smooth out momentary link drops, and the need for mobile users to quickly detect when they have unplugged from a dock or a wall jack and switch over to wireless or some other method. The delay is not currently adjustable with the NetworkManager version in RHEL6. If this is a feature you'd like, I'd suggest filing a bug in Red Hat bugzilla against RHEL6 + NetworkManager and we can prioritize any necessary backports correctly. Dan _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
