On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 13:31 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Rick Bilonick wrote: > > > Someone is confused here. I have no control over the ethernet wired > > network I want to connect to. It wants me to use a fixed IP address in > > order to be able access certain things available on the network (they > > are NOT available if I let DHCP assign a random IP address to my > > laptop). > > I can't help with your problem, > but am slightly puzzled about your scenario, > which seems to come up quite often in discussions about NM. > > Surely very few SysAdmins will allow strange laptops > to be attached to their ethernet LANs? > This would be an invitation to disaster, > at least anywhere inhabited by CompSci students. > > My experience is that you have to apply in triplicate, > with your MAC address and your company ID. > > > > -- > Timothy Murphy > e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland > I don't recall whether the medical network requested the mac id (someone else put in the request when I started in the department 3 years ago). This was NEVER a problem until I installed Fedora 8 (I went from Fedora 6 to Fedora 8 so I don't know what would happen under Fedora 7). Unless I turn off NetworkManager, kill wpa_supplicant and nm-applet, the laptop will connect to the medical wired network using DHCP and it will be assigned an IP address that differs from the static IP address I was given. I can access the Internet but cannot access certain resources like my e-mail via an Exchange server, or the Windows network. I can only access these resources if I use my static IP address. When I go back to the office tomorrow I will call IT and see if they have my MAC address. Rick
