On Mon, 2008-03-10 at 16:44 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:33:21 -0400 > "Kevin J. Cummings" <cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > *OR* you tell your laptop to *NOT* use DHCP for the ethernet interface, > > and configure your static address using system-config-network. > > I think you would then lose the benefit of using Network Manager. It's easiest > (in my opinion) to let Network Manager handle all network connections on a > laptop that moves around from place to place. > > > This may > > ultimately involve using some sort of network profiles if your static > > address at home differs from your static address at work. > > Again, Network Manager will do all of the dirty work for you, if you just set > up your dhcp server to provide a static address to your machine if it's > required. > > -- > MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com > The problem is that Network Manager / nm-applet don't work well with a wired network wanting a fixed static IP address (at least under Fedora 8). It used to work fine under Fedora 6. In my case, the wired network already wants me to use a fixed IP address for my laptop. It's just that Network Manager / nm-applet under Fedora 8 (now as of the latest update) always wants the wired network to supply a random IP address via DHCP. How do I get NetworkManager / nm-applet to just use the fixed IP address I've been assigned? It shouldn't be this complicated! (If I turn off NetworkManager, kill wpa_supplicant and nm-applet, then the laptop will connect to the wired network using the static IP address I've been assigned. I just shouldn't have go through all the trouble every day to connect at the office. It worked perfectly under Fedora 6.) Rick B.
