[kde-linux] Knetworkmanager doesn't connect with fixed ip auto conexion

[James Richard Tyrer]

James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> christophe wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm runing opensuse 11.1 / kde 3.5
>>
>> i have selected networkmanager in YaST2 (opensuse configuration tool) for my 
>> internet connexion because i think knetworkmanager is easy to use when i want 
>> to connect my laptop to a wifi AP when i'm away from home.
>>
>> But when i'm home, i need to connect to my home ethernet network with a fix ip 
>> for some good reason like file synchronization via unison and tv via ip .
>> Therefore i used knetworkmanager to configure a connexion on my ethernet 
>> card . I entered all parameters on the knetwork window : fixed ip, network 
>> mask, DNS, default gateway, connexion name and, of course, i checked the 
>> automatic connexion box .
>> Then, i expect knetworkmanager to connect automatically with the fixed IP 
>> parameters i entered at each login when my ethernet cable is plugged into my 
>> laptop ethernet card at home . On opensuse 10.3, it works correctly, but with 
>> opensuse 11.1, it does not. Surprisingly, on opensuse 11.1, it connects with 
>> a dhcp IP, so without the fixed IP i parametered !!! (like 192.168.0.50 
>> instead of 192.168.0.8)
>>
> If OpenSuSE 11.1 is connecting with DHCP, that would indicate that it is 
> setup to start the DHCP daemon at boot.  My best guess is that if you 
> want to use KNetWorkManager that you would need to use NetworkManager 
> instead of DHCP -- that you can't use both of them at the same time. 
> So, I would try disabling the DHCP start at boot and rebooting.
> 
Some research and I find that NetworkManager is supposed to be able to 
coexist with DHCP.  NOTE: NetworkManager is the actual program, 
KNetworkManager is just a GUI front end.  Still I don't know how you 
would configure this, so I guess I will install it and see.

-- 
JRT