Fedora 9 Preview issues

Nicolas Mailhot nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net
Mon Apr 21 18:19:55 UTC 2008


Le Lun 21 avril 2008 19:25, Dan Williams a écrit :
> On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 13:16 -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:45:02PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
>> > Mark any devices that you do not want to control with
>> NetworkManager
>> > with NM_CONTROLLED=no in the ifcfg file for that device.  Of
>> course that
>> > makes the device unmanaged by NM, and therefore it will never be
>> your
>> > default route, but it might work for you if you want to keep using
>> NM.
>>
>> How does NM choose the device to use for the default route?  I had a
>> problem with NM choosing the device that has NO default route over
>> the
>> one that has a default route.
>
> Latest activated wired device, then wireless, then GSM/CDMA.  AutoIPv4
> devices never get the default route.  Do you by chance have a device
> that's not really connected to anything?

That's pretty common in home networks where the trusty linux desktop
bridges/NATs the brittle home lan to the wild internet. The wired
connection to the LAN is therefore a dead end.

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot




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