Bug 377474

Summary:	Unable to set additional IP when using network manager
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 10.3	Reporter:	Manuel Lemos <mlemos>
Component:	YaST2	Assignee:	Michal Zugec <mzugec>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:	Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	chrubis
Version:	Final
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Hardware:	i686
OS:	openSUSE 10.3
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Description Manuel Lemos 2008-04-05 06:13:26 UTC

I have a notebook with a Ethernet card and a Wireless card.

When I am in the office I plug the cable in the Ethernet card to a LinkSys Wireless router that also works as an Ethernet hub. It uses DHCP to pick a dynamic IP and the DNS (from my ISP) but I also set an additional fixed IP so it can easily be connected by other machines by ssh using fixed IP.

When I am around our place I wanted to use the wireless connection to the same LinkSys router, but it seems that I can only use it with NetworkManager. However when using the network manager I cannot assign the wireless interface an additional fixed IP, like I can when not using the Network Manager.

It should be possible to set fixed IP addresses even when using the NetworkManager, but it isn't.

Comment 1 Marcus Meissner 2008-04-05 09:24:34 UTC

this level of use should not be handed to users. (imagine impersonating the fileserver in your office).

So i pretty much doubt it is in the range of NetworkManagers usage.

Comment 2 Manuel Lemos 2008-04-06 01:44:07 UTC

I am afraid I have not explained myself clearly.

The problem is not in the NetworkManager program, but rather in Yast Network card module.

In Yast you can set the network to be started with ifup or NetworkManager.

When you set it to start with ifup, you can have the same network card to have its IP and DNS via DHCP and also have one or more additional fixed IPs.

When you set it to be started by the NetworkManager program, it does not allow you to defined any additional IPs. It seems it is a conceptual or an user interface bug of Yast.

Comment 3 Michal Zugec 2008-04-07 19:01:49 UTC

No, it's because NetworkManager doesn't support additional addresses
In NetworkManager 0.6 (version in openSUSE10.3) you can use only one device with one IP address. This is how NetworkManager works. 

>> but it seems that I can only use it with NetworkManager
No, you can use it also with ifup (configure with YaST)