On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:33, Giacomo Comes
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 07:01:28PM -0600, Don Raboud wrote:
Hi all,
Shortened question:
Is there a way to force Network Manager to autoconnect using a fixed IP address? There is a conection present called "Auto eth0" which takes precedence over my defined connection "Fixed IP".
I had the same problem some time ago (it was with opensuse 11.1) and I didn't find any solution already available. Therefore I created my own.
Step one: create the executable script /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/ipalias with this content <snip> I have created another executable script: /root/bin/check_network_alias with this content <snip> and added this line in root's crontab: */10 * * * * /root/bin/check_network_alias
With this setup I have a reliable fixed ip address using networkmanager.
Last thing. This works with 11.3. Not tested yet with 11.4
Bravo! Even better than the dhcpconfig hack. Now, not to rain into anyones parade, but: 1. why is there no detailed documentation of the whole "Network Manager"? - see for example the http protocol finely documented: when what is done, and how to handle errors and edge-cases - even /sbin/ip is better documented - the involvment of dhcp is never clearly documented - neither is /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher* 2. without forthing your way through the whole source-code, a user will never find solutions for the actual edge-case the user has, by him/herself. Even Google doesn't help in most of this. 3. This is NOT an openSUSE specific problem. Other distros fight with this too. Never the less there is NO solution. 4. This is NOT an KDE / GNOME / XFCE specific problem, well may be on the front-end side. but the 'core' is not desktop bound. Sorry for the rant, but I'm not convinced that "Network Manager", as it is, could be called a better solution than "traditional" ifup/ifdown. To me it's a source of frustation for every non-standard situation. -- Yamaban, who feels cleansed after this rant, out. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org