What is 'auto ethernet' in nm-applet (F9)?

[Rahul Sundaram]

Phil Meyer wrote:
> Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> Neal Becker wrote:
>>> What does 'auto ethernet' selection do?
>>
>> Pre-release questions should be directed to fedora-test list.  NM has 
>> two different settings for ethernet connections. The one called 'eth0' 
>> inherits the settings from /etc/sysconfig/network* files. "Ethernet" 
>> uses gconf to manage the settings. It is a classic vs new method 
>> difference.
>>
>> Rahul
>>
> 
> um ... its not pre-release, its out there.

Fedora 9 isn't out there yet. What is out there are test/development 
releases.

> Some major problems exist that I can see.
> 
> !!IF!! no prior version is installed before installing 
> NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.6.7.svn3370:
> 
> 1.   eth0 is grayed out and unusable
> 2.   There is no way to add a dial-up connection
>    a. prior releases would use dial-ups created by system-config-network
> 3.   All connection edits are limited to Delete -- no add or modify.
> 
> Kinda tough to use it like this.  Those who have connections already 
> configured before upgrading to this version will continue to be able to 
> use those connections, however, 2 and 3 still apply.
> 
> Please prove me wrong, my users are getting restless over this ...

I can't really provide you wrong since NM behavior is hardware specific. 
  Deploying a development release to new users isn't best practise. Do 
file bug reports however.

Rahul