On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 01:30 -0400, Rick Bilonick wrote: > On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 16:31 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > > Rick Bilonick wrote: > > > On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 02:37 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > >> Aaron Konstam wrote: > > >> > > >>> I don't think NM supports static addresses yet but soon. > > >>> -- > > >> It has partial support in Rawhide. If you create static networks with > > >> system-config-network, NM will honor them. It hasn't grown a UI to > > >> create a new one from scratch but that is planned. > > >> > > >> Rahul > > >> > > > > > > This all misses the point. I've turned NM off and killed everything I > > > can think of yet wlan0 keeps getting activated. How do I stop it from > > > screwing up my static network connection? nm-applet USED TO HAVE a > > > button for a wired network under Fedora 6 and my wireless and wired > > > connections worked together without any problem. Under Fedora 8, the > > > wired connection disappeared, reappeared briefly, and now is gone again. > > > Why are we going backwards? > > > > Make sure you have "ONBOOT=no" in the > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 file. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer rps2@xxxxxxxx - > > - Hosting Consulting, Inc. - > > - - > > - Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a - > > - rigged demo. - > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > wlan0 is not set to be activated on boot. I will have to set NM not to > come on when the machine boots. Maybe that will help. I would imagine > there are a lot of people who have wireless at home and a wired > connection at the office. It used to work just fine under Fedora 6. > > Rick B. > NM never worked with static address connections. wired and wireless yes but both using DHCP. -- ======================================================================= You cannot have a science without measurement. -- R. W. Hamming ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
