On Tue, 11 May 2010 09:41:10 -0600 Phil Meyer <pmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/10/2010 12:04 PM, jackson byers wrote: > > Phil Meyer wrote: > > > >> NM_CONTROLLED= > >> > > > >> Depending upon what you want to do. > >> > > > >> Will you ever use a Cell card on this system? > >> Will you ever change IPs temporarily, or often? > >> > > > >> It can be useful to let Network Manager manage the ifcfg-eth0 file. > >> > > Linux smicro 2.6.32.11-99.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Apr 5 19:59:38 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux NetworkManager-0.8.0-6.git20100408.fc12.x86_64 It is useful if you have wifi and/or made a lot of testing with different equipment. I have the primary link with the Netscreen and backup with the Cisco. If i have problems with the primary (4 times power supply), connecting adsl to the backup and i'm online again. Start nm-applet as root (sudo) then you can configure everything. This is mine: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 # Intel Corporation 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=none HWADDR=00:30:48:98:0E:89 ONBOOT=yes IPADDR=192.168.168.11 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 TYPE=Ethernet GATEWAY=192.168.168.1 NM_CONTROLLED=yes IPV6INIT=no USERCTL=yes PREFIX=24 DNS1=192.168.168.11 DNS2=193.189.160.23 DOMAIN='xxxx.xxxx.net xxxxx.xxx.eu xxxxx-xxx.si xxx.si xxxx.com' NAME=ns5xt-eth0 UUID=5fb06bd0-0bb0-7ffb-45f1-d6edd65f3e03 MTU=1400 DEFROUTE=yes /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-c1700-eth0 TYPE=Ethernet BOOTPROTO=none IPADDR=192.168.168.11 PREFIX=24 GATEWAY=192.168.168.3 DNS1=192.168.168.11 DNS2=193.189.160.23 DOMAIN='xxxx.xxxx.net xxxxx.xxx.eu xxxxx-xxx.si xxx.si xxxx.com' DEFROUTE=yes IPV6INIT=no NAME=c1700-eth0 UUID=a082f99c-5b80-4d2e-9b2b-6e07d6b2bf6f ONBOOT=no LAST_CONNECT=1270836707 DEVICE=c1700-eth0 USERCTL=yes BR, Bob -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
