Ubuntu
network-manager package

  1. Bug #87941
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 87941

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Jeff Fortin Tam (kiddo) wrote :

Hi Chris! From what I read, I don't think this is the same issue. The problem is not that NM doesn't work with a static interfaces (I know that it "bypasses" them already, I used that since hoary).

The problem is that network manager does not REPORT a network when using a static ip. Result? It *breaks* the behavior of all the apps!

Ubuntu/debian's NM needs to be able to either:
- check the static interface's status and report that to userspace applications
- report that "network-manager support is not available" to applications that try to use it (might be easier technically?)