Fedora 17: Auto configuring wireless networks in Network Manager on first boot

[lee]

Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 04:40:03PM +0100, lee wrote:

>> > I believe what you say above is wrong.  NM respects the ifcfg-* scripts
>> > as it should.  What the OP is missing is this line:
>> 
>> Then how come that it has emptied out my /etc/resolv.conf though
>> resolving information is in the ifcfg-* files?
>> 
>
> Maybe what you think is correct resolving information is not actually
> correct?

The information is correct.  It's working fine since networkmanager is
disabled.

>> > field when using "DHCP for addresses only".  I do not remeber the exact
>> > lines for the ifcfg scripts but it should be something like this:
>> >
>> >   DNS1=208.67.222.222
>> >   DNS2=208.67.220.220
>> >
>> > Hope this helps.
>> 
>> Yes there are DNS entries in my ifcfg-* files and networkmanager
>> nonetheless empties out resolv.conf.  So I take it that it must have
>> some configuration of its own --- unless it yields random results under
>> some circumstances.
>> 
>
> Could it be that there is some conflicting information that is confusing
> NM?  In anycase, if I find the time to do the tests I'll report back
> with my findings.

Like I said:  I take it that networkmanager must have some configuration
of its own --- unless it yields random results under some circumstances.


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Fedora 17