Fedora 18 and network

[Tim]

On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 22:38 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote:
> and nobody needs NM for workstations with static IP's

Yes, and no.  Yes, you don't need it.  But it can still be useful.

Apart from the most obvious - static addresses being configured by your
central DHCP server, rather than each machine requiring individual
configuration.  There can be other useful features, for some people.

Such as its ability to do things when it notices a network coming up.  A
static machine is still subject to the other side of the network
changing (e.g. a server going down and then coming back), and Network
Manager can detect something like that.  You could have the status
change trigger things that might be useful (check the time, restart
Samba when it's gone off in a sulk, etc.).

So, there can still be a point to using it, it just depends on your
needs.

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