[ltp] Re: Managing network connections

[The Dave]

I'm impressed you found documentation for NetworkManager ! :)

To interrupt client applications as little as possible, NetworkManager
sets up a caching nameserver within itself.  The /etc/resolv.conf always
says 127.0.0.1

But, it picks up the forwarding dns from DHCP.

D.

On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 13:22 +0100, honey@gneek.com wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, honey@gneek.com wrote:
> 
> > Nice - hadn't actually played with this before - seems to work in
> > XFCE too.  Unfortunately, it seems to be problematic with the
> > IBM/Atheros madwifi cards - the interface loses association every
> > 20 seconds or so, or when the the applet is clicked.  I'm pretty sure
> > this is when it's scanning for networks - "iwlist ath0 scan" will
> > hang the interface while it's hanging, with a pretty wrecent madwifi.
> > Anyone solved this?
> 
> Just confirmed this by telling the applet not to search for networks
> - it fixes the hangs, but somewhat defeats the object.  My DHCP
> server at home is actually a Linksys Wireless AP/Router with custom
> firmware, so doesn't send out a full resolv.conf (I hardcode it in my
> network profile normally - Fedora /etc/sysconfig/neworking/profiles).
> I assume NetworkManager doesn't really like hard-coding and will only
> use the nameservers provided by the DHCP server?  The docs seem to
> imply so...