On 05/10/2010 12:04 PM, jackson byers wrote: > Phil Meyer wrote: > >> NM_CONTROLLED= >> > >> Depending upon what you want to do. >> > >> Will you ever use a Cell card on this system? >> Will you ever change IPs temporarily, or often? >> > >> It can be useful to let Network Manager manage the ifcfg-eth0 file. >> > >> If you set: >> NM_CONTROLLED=yes >> > >> Network Manager will 'keep and eye' on the file, >> and automatically make any changes you specify there, >> without having to restart anything. >> > >> This also allows Network Manager to decide if that route is >> still appropriate if you plug in and play with another network device, >> such as a cell card, a USB dongle, wireless dongle, >> bluetooth dongle to use your cell phone, etc etc >> > >> You can also play tricks with network based applications like ntpd, and tell Network Manager only to run ntpd if eth0 is up and active. >> > > > >> Lots of options with NM in control, >> but on a fixed IP stationary workstation or server, >> it is still best to continue to use just the old network scripts and turn NM off. >> > ----------------------------- > $ uname -r > 2.6.32.11-99.fc12.i686.PA > My box is a wired wkstation, no wless. > I understand how to use old network scripts and turn NM off. > So, I could do that, > but I am trying to to learn how to actually implement > using a static ip for eth0 using NM. > In my f12, I tried to use a copy of my f10 static ip ifcfg-eth0(my f10 > used network, not NM) > but with NM_CONTROLLED=yes, > and just as Phil described, ifconfig then shows eth0 with my static 192.168.2.8 > in place of the dhcp f12 had been using, 192.168.2.100 > -looked good! > > -But I had lost internet connection, unable to even ping google.com. > > -And I had a lot of trouble getting back to my orig NM dhcp. > ... > When using static NM_MANAGED ifcfg-ethX definition files, you do need to have complete entries in there, including DNS. You can set: DNS1= DNS2= DOMAIN= etc in the ifcfg file, and NM will then generate a proper resolv.conf for you. Good Luck! -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
