Bug 213050

Summary:	More clear default gateway DHCP configuration
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 10.3	Reporter:	Forgotten User zOWss6Gs9u <forgotten_zOWss6Gs9u>
Component:	YaST2	Assignee:	Katarina Machalkova <kmachalkova>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity:	Enhancement
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i686
OS:	SuSE Linux 10.1
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Description Forgotten User zOWss6Gs9u 2006-10-17 18:15:36 UTC

I must say that I do not use DHCP myself. But looking in a problem with another guy I saw this:
- I understand that the default gateway can be set by DHCP
- Since in /etc/sysconfig/network/dhcp I have by default 'DHCLIENT_SET_DEFAULT_ROUTE="yes"' I suppose that Suse really uses the default gateway that the server sets.
- When you use DHCP, in the DNS YaST2 module you have the options "Change Hostname via DHCP" and "Update Name Servers and Search List via DHCP"
- When you use DHCP, in the routing YaST2 module you can set the default gateway bbut there isn't any "Update Default Gateway via DHCP" option.

So the problem is that the lack of an "Update Default Gateway via DHCP" option when there is the equivalent for DNS is confusing. What an user should think? That default gateway can't be set via DHCP? If he knows is possible he probably will think that Suse isn't able to do it. What if the user doesn't wants to set the default gateway via DHCP but wants to set via DHCP the other network parameters? He will need to modify sysconfig?

Comment 1 Katarina Machalkova 2006-11-08 12:04:22 UTC

Nice enhancement, and this finally can be done in the routing module, but we're far beyond the text freeze. Translated into normal speech - we cannot easily add new UI strings in this phase, because the final round of translations is already over. 
Will fix for SLE, but I don't expect the fix to appear in the box before 10.3

Comment 2 Katarina Machalkova 2007-02-09 15:12:05 UTC

-> 10.3

Comment 3 Katarina Machalkova 2008-09-01 08:54:44 UTC

Already implemented (yast lan -> Global options)