Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by BobJensen: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Networking The comment on the change is: Marking FC5 Content ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + {{{ + Fedora Core 5 Release Notes Content is marked like this. + }}} = Networking = == User Tools == - + {{{ === NetworkManager === '''Network``Manager''' now has support for DHCP hostname, NIS, ISDN, WPA, WPA supplicant (`wpa_supplicant`), and WPA-Enteprise. It has a new wireless security layer. The VPN and dial up support has been enhanced. Applications such as '''Evolution''' now integrate with '''Network``Manager''' to provide dynamic networking capabilities. '''Network``Manager''' is disabled by default in Fedora as it is not yet suitable for certain configurations, such as system-wide static IPs, bonding devices, or starting a wireless network connection before login. @@ -36, +39 @@ {{{ip addr list dev eth0 4: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 - inet 10.0.0.3/24 scope global eth0}}} + inet 10.0.0.3/24 scope global eth0 + ##}}} {{{su -c 'ip addr del 10.0.0.3 dev eth0' Warning: Executing wildcard deletion to stay compatible with old scripts. Explicitly specify the prefix length (10.0.0.3/32) to avoid this warning. This special behaviour is likely to disappear in further releases, fix your scripts! - }}} + ##}}} The correct method of deleting the address and thus avoiding the warning is: - {{{ - su -c 'ip addr del 10.0.0.3/24 dev eth0' + {{{su -c 'ip addr del 10.0.0.3/24 dev eth0' - }}} + ##}}} Previously, it was not possible to tell if an interface was down administratively or because no carrier was found, such as if a cable were unplugged. The new flag {{{NO-CARRIER}}} now appears as a link flag if the link is administratively up but no carrier can be found. The `ip` command now supports a batch mode via the argument {{{-batch}}}, which works similar to the `tc` command to speed up batches of tasks. + }}} - - == Major Kernel Changes 2.6.11 - 2.6.15 == + == Major Kernel Changes == - + {{{ + === 2.6.11 - 2.6.15 === Refer to http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges for a list of major changes. Some of them are highlighted below. - === IPv4 Address Promotion === @@ -108, +111 @@ * Both the IPv4 and IPv6 multicast joining interface visible by userspace have been reworked and brought up to the latest standards. * The SNMPv2 MIB counter ipInAddrErrors is supported for IPv4. * Various new socket options proposed in Advanced API (RFC3542) have been added. + }}}
