Default network configuration during installation, NetworkManager and the /etc/sysconfig/network-script's

Chuck Anderson cra at WPI.EDU
Tue Oct 28 22:55:58 UTC 2008


On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:47:59PM -1000, David Cantrell wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 06:45:44PM -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:39:31PM -1000, David Cantrell wrote:
> > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 02:18:55PM -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> > > > I think it is a perfectly reasonable default to have DHCP enabled by 
> > > > default for all network interfaces, whether NetworkManager is used or 
> > > > not.
> > > 
> > > Seriously?
> > 
> > Yes, why not?
> 
> Right away I can think of the user with 185 network interfaces complaining
> about boot up taking too long because he's having to wait for each one to time
> out.

What ever happened to the "no link detected" logic?




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