I upgraded from F7 to F8 recently and I noticed some changes in the behaviour of NetworkManager. While I did not have this problem in F7, in F8 NM cannot find my static IP address and finds one by DHCP which is <a href="http://169.254.59.61"> 169.254.59.61</a>. I am running F8 on a Dell laptop and I can connect on both a wifi network or a cable network. On F7 , when I unplugged the cable, the laptop was connecting to the wifi network and when I plugged the cable, it was connecting to the wired network. On F8, as soon as i run NM, it is looking for another IP address by dhcp. I have to turn off NM at boot time so eth0 get the right IP. Anyone has an idea on how to get things right? Or is it a bug of NM? Thanks. Before runnning NM: # route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface <a href="http://192.168.1.32">192.168.1.32</a> <a href="http://0.0.0.0">0.0.0.0</a> <a href="http://255.255.255.224">255.255.255.224</a> U 0 0 0 eth0 <a href="http://169.254.0.0">169.254.0.0</a> <a href="http://0.0.0.0">0.0.0.0</a> <a href="http://255.255.0.0"> 255.255.0.0</a> U 0 0 0 eth0 <a href="http://0.0.0.0">0.0.0.0</a> <a href="http://192.168.1.62"> 192.168.1.62</a> <a href="http://0.0.0.0">0.0.0.0</a> UG 0 0 0 eth0 After running NM and getting this weird IP address: # route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface <a href="http://169.254.0.0">169.254.0.0</a> <a href="http://0.0.0.0">0.0.0.0</a> <a href="http://255.255.0.0">255.255.0.0</a> U 0 0 0 eth0 Network card configuration: # Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=none HWADDR=00:15:C5:53:FD:F5 ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet USERCTL=yes IPV6INIT=no PEERDNS=yes NETMASK=<a href="http://255.255.255.224">255.255.255.224</a> IPADDR=<a href="http://192.168.1.61">192.168.1.61</a> GATEWAY=<a href="http://192.168.1.62">192.168.1.62</a> Output of NM: NetworkManager: <info> starting... NetworkManager: <info> Found radio killswitch /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/dell_wlan_switch NetworkManager: <info> eth0: Device is fully-supported using driver 'b44'. NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): exporting device as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Device/2 NetworkManager: <info> Now managing wired Ethernet (802.3) device 'eth0'. NetworkManager: <info> Bringing up device eth0 NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device eth0. NetworkManager: <info> wlan0: Device is fully-supported using driver 'iwl3945'. NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): exporting device as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Device/4 NetworkManager: <info> Now managing wireless (802.11) device 'wlan0'. NetworkManager: <info> Bringing up device wlan0 NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device wlan0. NetworkManager: <info> (eth0) supplicant interface is now in state 2 (from 1). NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0) supplicant interface is now in state 2 (from 1). NetworkManager: <info> SWITCH: no current connection, found better connection 'Auto Ethernet (eth0)'. NetworkManager: <info> Activating device eth0 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled. NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started... NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Beginning DHCP transaction. NetworkManager: <info> dhclient started with pid 9139 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete. Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6-Fedora Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit <a href="http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/">http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/</a> wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 NetworkManager: <info> DHCP: device eth0 state changed (null) -> preinit Listening on LPF/eth0/00:15:c5:53:fd:f5 Sending on LPF/eth0/00:15:c5:53:fd:f5 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to <a href="http://255.255.255.255"> 255.255.255.255</a> port 67 interval 6 NetworkManager: <WARN> killswitch_getpower_reply(): Error getting killswitch power: An Error occurred. The Error message is: Could not open file /sys/devices/platform/dcdbas/smi_data. Check that dcdbas driver is properly loaded.. DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to <a href="http://255.255.255.255">255.255.255.255</a> port 67 interval 13 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to <a href="http://255.255.255.255">255.255.255.255</a> port 67 interval 12 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to <a href="http://255.255.255.255">255.255.255.255</a> port 67 interval 20 NetworkManager: <info> Device 'eth0' DHCP transaction took too long (>45s), stopping it. NetworkManager: <info> eth0: canceled DHCP transaction, dhclient pid 9139 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Timeout) scheduled... NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Timeout) started... NetworkManager: <info> No DHCP reply received. Automatically obtaining IP via Zeroconf. NetworkManager: <info> autoip: Sending probe #0 for IP address <a href="http://169.254.59.61">169.254.59.61</a> . NetworkManager: <info> autoip: Waiting for reply... NetworkManager: <info> autoip: Sending probe #1 for IP address <a href="http://169.254.59.61">169.254.59.61</a>. NetworkManager: <info> autoip: Waiting for reply... NetworkManager: <info> autoip: Sending probe #2 for IP address <a href="http://169.254.59.61">169.254.59.61</a>. NetworkManager: <info> autoip: Waiting for reply... NetworkManager: <info> autoip: Got some data to check for reply packet. NetworkManager: <WARN> get_autoip(): autoip: (eth0) recv arp type=2048, op=0, NetworkManager: <WARN> get_autoip(): source = <a href="http://1.56.192.168">1.56.192.168</a> 80:11:9B:C6:C0:A8, NetworkManager: <WARN> get_autoip(): target = <a href="http://0.209.207.204">0.209.207.204</a> 01:3F:00:8A:00:8A NetworkManager: <info> autoip: Sending announce #0 for IP address <a href="http://169.254.59.61">169.254.59.61</a>. NetworkManager: <info> autoip: Waiting for reply... NetworkManager: <info> autoip: Sending announce #1 for IP address <a href="http://169.254.59.61">169.254.59.61</a>. NetworkManager: <info> autoip: Waiting for reply... NetworkManager: <info> autoip: Got some data to check for reply packet. NetworkManager: <WARN> get_autoip(): autoip: (eth0) recv arp type=2048, op=16384, NetworkManager: <WARN> get_autoip(): source = <a href="http://229.134.192.168">229.134.192.168</a> 6F:06:AA:66:50:DA, NetworkManager: <WARN> get_autoip(): target = <a href="http://115.171.28.192">115.171.28.192</a> 01:3D:F9:8B:94:C4 NetworkManager: <info> autoip: Sending announce #2 for IP address <a href="http://169.254.59.61">169.254.59.61</a>. NetworkManager: <info> autoip: Waiting for reply... NetworkManager: <info> autoip: Got some data to check for reply packet. NetworkManager: <WARN> get_autoip(): autoip: (eth0) recv arp type=2048, op=16384, NetworkManager: <WARN> get_autoip(): source = <a href="http://229.134.192.168">229.134.192.168</a> 6F:06:AA:2D:50:DA, NetworkManager: <WARN> get_autoip(): target = <a href="http://115.171.28.192">115.171.28.192</a> 01:3D:F9:8B:94:C4 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) scheduled... NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Timeout) complete. NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) started... NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) successful, device activated. NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete. NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_signal_handler(): Caught signal 2, shutting down normally. NetworkManager: <debug> [1195636347.808989] nm_print_open_socks(): Open Sockets List: NetworkManager: <debug> [1195636347.809073] nm_print_open_socks(): Open Sockets List Done.