https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=220364 Summary: NetworkManager: Allow WLAN Operation in mixed (dhcp / static) environments Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: unspecified Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Network AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: dominique.leuenberger@tmf-group.com QAContact: qa@suse.de The Network Manager is most probably almost only used on notebooks, in conjunction with Wireless Lan. Latetly, I run in a case where I was just missing a feature: - Basic setup of WLAN Interface is set to DHCP (as most of the time I'm in a DHCP provided environment) - At one moment, I had to connect to another WLAN, without DHCP. I had to enter a IP Address manually (happens sometimes). BUT here comes the glitch: - I would either have to change this via YaST2, to set the configuration on STATIC, or - I have to associate everything manually using iwconfig, ip addr add, route and nameservers. The latter case worked more or less ok, BUT NetworkManager does not get the idea that I just connected to a WLAN and thus all application relying on it see the network as being disconnected (firefox, zmd and so on) So: the FeatureRequest would be: - When choosing to connect to a new WLAN, I would like to have the option to use DHCP or Static addressing, thus obsoleteing the settings made by yast (which are to static for a wlan usage). In plus, most might have the issue the other way round: having static IP in the office and as soon as they go out, they need it on DHCP. Thus binding dhcp/static to the network essid seems logica. Regards, Dominique -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.