NetworkManager Is Driving Me Crazy!

[Aaron Konstam]

On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 18:57 -0400, 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?
> 
> Rick
Wired network is not the same as static address (vs DHCP).
It is hard to believe that if NM is not running nm-applet will do
anything. Do you really mean that nm-applet is still showing up and
connecting to your wireless?
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