On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 13:13 -0400, Genes MailLists wrote: > On 05/23/2011 12:35 PM, James Laska wrote: > > > > > I just completed a F-15 DVD install (no online repos enabled) on > > baremetal. After installation and boot-up, the network is not enabled > > (as expected). When I click the NM icon in GNOME3, and turn 'on' wired > > networking, a network connection is established. > > > > I'm also able to select 'Options...' for the wired NIC, and check '[X] > > Connect Automatically' so subsequent boots/logins enable networking. > > > It sounded like the other poster(s) were saying the problem case is > when you do not establish a network connection (you did obviously) Oh thanks, you are right. I didn't establish a connection during installation, but I did establish a connection manually on my installed system by enabling the device from the . I didn't check whether 'Options' was greyed out prior to activating my connection. Let me repeat the procedure... Confirmed, 'Options' seems to only be available when a NIC has been activated. I presume you could manually run 'nm-connection-editor' to setup some NIC details ahead of time. Otherwise, if you don't have a DHCP server, I'm *guessing* you can activate the device ... and then select 'Options' while the device is searching for an IP. > - for > some reason - that in case of failure to make a network connection, that > the Options thing was grayed out ... and the more detailed network tool > was unavailable. > But I'm just idly reading ... on F14 :-) Thanks, James
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