On Thu, 2013-10-03 at 14:31 -0400, Richard Ryniker wrote: > Well, a statically configured network interface might be expected to > just work. > > With dynamic configuration, there must be successful contact with a DHCP > server, and the server must be willing to assign an IP address and > possibly provide other information (gateway, nameserver, host name) to > the client host. In this case, a visible indicator of successful network > configuration might be useful. Sure. Open firefox, type 'www.google.com'. If you see Google, your network is working. If you see an error, your network is not. :P (the point is that...you pretty much know whether your network is working. it's obvious when it isn't. there isn't actually much practical use in a little icon that tells you what you already know.) -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin DOT net http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
