stupid networking question

[Peter Nijs]

Sadly, this doesn't work on my suse (/etc/sysconfig/...) based system.

depeje

On Thursday 08 January 2009 12:58:09 Thomas Otterbein wrote:
> FYI:
>
> On my kubuntu (ubuntu with KDE installed by default) using the KDE
> NetworkManager I followed the advices on
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/USB_Networking#Debian.2C_Ubuntu_and_others
>
> but insereted "auto usb0" into /etc/network/interfaces as suggested by
> arne. It looks now like that:
>
>   auto lo
>   iface lo inet loopback
>
>   # freerunner
>   auto usb0
>   allow-hotplug usb0
>   iface usb0 inet static
>           address 192.168.0.200
>           netmask 255.255.255.192
>           post-up /etc/network/freerunner start
>           pre-down /etc/network/freerunner stop
>
> After a reboot (NetworkManager did not want to play well i.e. did not adopt
> to the changes) I get "Device usb0: unmanaged" and everything works as
> expected: My FR get's configured by /etc/network/freerunner and my
> (W)LAN-connections a correctly handled by NetworkManager.
>
> I guess this solution solves the issue for Ubuntu and all it's derivates
> too. Probably for all KDE-Installations as it seems that the key is to make
> the NetworkManager ignore the usb0-Interface.
>
> Regards
>   thomas
>
>
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