active connection problem

[최용주]

Dear All.

I installed the Fedora 9 and set the IP address, netmask, gateway, so on…

But after installation the active connection information is not a setting I
made.

How to change the ip address?

And the network device control was setting as I set.

Yongjoo CHOI

[Tim]

On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 14:30 +0900, 최용주 wrote:
> I installed the Fedora 9 and set the IP address, netmask, gateway, so
> on…
>
> But after installation the active connection information is not a
> setting I made.

During the installation, you're configuring the *installer's* network.
The installed system's network is configured separately.
> How to change the ip address?
>
> And the network device control was setting as I set.

Network Manager handles the network, by default.  But it expects there
to be a DHCP server on the network to configure it.  If you don't have
one on your network, then turn off the NetworkManager service and turn
the network service on.  For some people, they'll want to, or need to,
do that regardless.

If you're using Gnome, look through the System menu.  The administration
sub-menu has a "network" item, it runs "system-config-network" (you can
run that command, regardless of whether you run Gnome or another window
manager).  This will allow you to configure the network in the older
way.

[Fred Silsbee]

--- On Fri, 10/3/08, Tim  wrote:
> From: Tim 
> Subject: Re: active connection problem
> To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." 
> Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 1:00 AM
> On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 14:30 +0900, 최용주 wrote:
> > I installed the Fedora 9 and set the IP address,
>
> netmask, gateway, so
> > on…
> >
> > But after installation the active connection
>
> information is not a
> > setting I made.
>
> During the installation, you're configuring the
> *installer's* network.
> The installed system's network is configured
> separately.
> > How to change the ip address?
> >
> > And the network device control was setting as I set.
>
> Network Manager handles the network, by default.  But it
> expects there
> to be a DHCP server on the network to configure it.  If you
> don't have
> one on your network, then turn off the NetworkManager
> service and turn
> the network service on.  For some people, they'll want
> to, or need to,
> do that regardless.
>
> If you're using Gnome, look through the System menu. 
> The administration
> sub-menu has a "network" item, it runs
> "system-config-network" (you can
> run that command, regardless of whether you run Gnome or
> another window
> manager).  This will allow you to configure the network in
> the older
> way.
>
> -- 
> [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r
> 2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686
>
> Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox
> is ignored.  I
> read messages from the public lists.

OK OK I am going blind. I have looked through the popup menu for KDE 4.1.1  until I turned green but I do not see Network Manager.

yumex says it is installed...maybe it is a gnome thing

I found network config and network device control but no network manager.

I could not find kpowersave except in the system tray as a power plug icon.

kpowersave had options relating to the screensaver
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[Tim]

On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 18:39 -0700, Fred Silsbee wrote:
> I am going blind. I have looked through the popup menu for KDE 4.1.1
> until I turned green but I do not see Network Manager.

I'll just say this up front:  It really pays to say which window manager
you're using, especially if not the default Gnome, it'll affect how
other people provide information.  I don't use KDE, but I do try it out
from time to time.
> yumex says it is installed...maybe it is a gnome thing

No, not really.
> I found network config and network device control but no network
> manager.

"NetworkManager" is a service, likewise is "network", they run in the
background, managing your network interfaces for you.  You can find them
listed in whatever shows you a list of running services [1].  There are
tools for configuring them, or simply bringing already configured
interfaces up and down, that are separate.  And you can find ones made
for Gnome and KDE.

1. e.g. system-config-services  (graphical tool)
     e.g. chkconfig --list        (chkconfig is a command line tool)

However, I think you *might* not want automatic network configuration,
since you discussed setting IP address, netmask, gateway, etc.  If
that's the case, that you want manual configuration, you're better off
to turn off the NetworkManager service, and the network service on.
Then, you can use something [2] to manually set up your network.

2. e.g. system-config-network    (a graphical tool)

Do you know how to start and stop services, and to set which ones will
be started automatically?

This appears to be something unrelated (screensaving, not network):
> I could not find kpowersave except in the system tray as a power plug
> icon.
>
> kpowersave had options relating to the screensaver

Start a separate thread for it.