Rock wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 23:03:00 -0700, John R Pierce wrote:
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I think my "original" problem was what you guys sensed from the start.
It was supremely frustrating having my manually typed eth0 IP address being wiped out - but - apparently that was what Network Manager was supposed to do.
Apparently Network Manager was set to pick up a DHCP address for eth0, and, when none were forthcoming, it wiped out the existing IP address.
I only need to figure out now how to switch gracefully between using wlan0 connected to the home broadband router inside the house, and using eth0 wired to the Nanobridge M2 outside the house.
<snip> Several thoughts: on the router, see if it will accept a fixed IP, rather than one assigned by DHCP; if so, you can set it on the laptop. I'd also check to see if you need to deal with NetworkManager to do that. I don't know - I *loathe* NM, and am majorly annoyed that upstream decided to put a tool appropriate for a laptop as the default for *everything*... says the guy dealing with 150 or more servers and workstations that are hardwired.
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