On Tue, 2014-08-12 at 11:09 +0200, Anthony Bourguignon wrote:
> Le lundi 11 août 2014 à 10:55 -0500, Dan Williams a écrit :
> > On Thu, 2014-08-07 at 23:01 +0200, Anthony Bourguignon wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I'm trying to configure my debian testing router using Network Manager
> > > (in replacement of the /etc/network/interfaces file). But I've found an
> > > issue. I can't set two connections at the same time on the same network
> > > interface.
> > > 
> > > I've configured two connections : a pppoe and a 802-3-ethernet one. They
> > > have to work at the same time on the same interface. The ethernet
> > > connection is to set a local ip address for me to have access to my adsl
> > > modem web interface. The pppoe is to setup my internet connection.
> > > 
> > > Using ifupdown, it works well. Both connections are up without any
> > > problem. But Network Manager doesn't allow it. I've bound the 2
> > > connections used by network manager using the 802-3-ethernet.mac-address
> > > parameter.
> > > 
> > > But when I set a connection up, the other one is disconnected. I can
> > > only have one at a time.
> > > 
> > > Is this normal or is there a way to bypass this behavior ?
> > 
> > At the moment this is expected behavior, and it's a bug in
> > NetworkManager that has a long history and hasn't yet been fixed.  So
> > unfortunately NM can't meet your needs at this time.  Fixing this issue
> > has always been in my mind at least, and we've made slow progress
> > towards it, but there's still a bunch of stuff to do before it's finally
> > fixed.
> 
> Thanks for your answer. Do you have an idea of when it could be fixed ?
> It is the same bug that makes it impossible to start 2 openvpn
> connections at the same time ?

That's a different and second issue :)  I'm hoping we'll fix the two VPN
thing in the next few months.  I'm not sure about when the PPPoE issue
will be fixed yet.

Dan

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