Dale Snell <[email protected]> writes:
> On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:57:18 +1100
> Daniel Pittman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> > The trouble seems to be that if you have NetworkManager set to accept
>> > both IPv4 and IPv6 connections, it _requires_ both to be running, or it
>> > won't see the interface. If your router is IPv4 only (as mine is) then
>> > the IPv6 connection is never made, and the interface never comes up.
>>
>> Er, NM only establishes network *addresses*, and will never accept a
>> network connection with any protocol from anywhere.
[...]
> Well, actually... I seem to have described the problem I had incorrectly.
> My mistake, sorry.
No worries, and thanks for clarifying.
> NM wanted to configure both IPv4 and IPv6 networks for the interface. When
> it couldn't, it threw up its metaphorical hands in despair.
*nod* I had not run into this, even on machines with IPv6 disabled, so now
know to watch out for it. So, thanks for explaining. :)
Daniel
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