RHEL6 Network Manager for Work/Home

[Martini, Dave]

The laptop is setup with a static IP address at work which is configured onto the laptop itself.
Dave.


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From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of m.roth at 5-cent.us
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Dave,

Martini, Dave wrote:
> I have a RHEL6 laptop at work with a static IP  address.
> I want to take this laptop home to connect to  my wired network at home.
> My provider users DHCP at home.
> Do I need to do anything to configure the network connection when I 
> plug in my cable to my laptop at home or will it recognize 
> automatically that it's a DHCP connection?
> In my Network Manager applet in my Gnome panel I did define a 2nd. 
> Wired connection called home that is set to DHCP.
> Thank you.

You say it has a static IP at work: is that configured onto the laptop itself, or is it actually assigned a given IP, via MAC address, by DHCP (which we do at work).

       mark


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