Comment 28 for bug 259214

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 05:24:22AM -0000, Shirish Agarwal wrote:
> Hi Alex,
> so this would be right.
>
> /etc/network/interfaces
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> auth eth1
> iface eth1 inet static
> address 192.168.1.3
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> gateway 192.168.1.1
> dns-nameserver 192.168.1.1
>
> Then tried this :-
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
> * Reconfiguring network interfaces... RTNETLINK answers: No such process
> SIOCDELRT: No such process
> WARNING: ifup -a is disabled in favour of NetworkManager.
> Set ifupdown:managed=false in /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf.
>
> So this is right at the least saying that my connection is being managed
> by Network-Manager
>
> Then did this :-
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/NetworkManager restart
> * Stopping NetworkManager... [ OK ]
> * Starting NetworkManager... [ OK ]

To reload your config you should do: sudo killall nm-system-settings
or restart your system.

Also if that doesnt work I need a full syslog after reproducing.

>
> Network Manager also did not complain so looks good.
>
> But when I right click on nm-applet and click on edit connection (nm-
> connections-editor)
>
> for eth1 it still shows me the connection as a dhcp connection and both
> connect automatically and system settings are checked.
>

How is that connection called? It should be "Ifupdown (...)".

> (Stumped here)
>
> Another thing why is the dns-nameserver taken as 192.168.1.1 . From what
> I understand of dns-nameserver they are usually something at the ISP's
> end. For e.g. my ISP's dns name-servers are 61.1.96.69 , 61.1.96.71 or
> sometimes use OpenDNS 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 . This
> information should be there, shouldn't it.
>

If you are using a router it should support dhcp and static IPs (nor
dns) shouldnt be necessary.

 - Alexander