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 _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
