#1113 closed defect (wontfix)
NM should autoassign a link-local address if no DHCP server is available
| Reported by: | CarolineM | Owned by: | tomeu |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | High | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Sugar | Version: | Unspecified |
| Severity: | Critical | Keywords: | GPA |
| Cc: | sascha_silbe | Distribution/OS: | Unspecified |
| Bug Status: | Unconfirmed |
Description
For the GPA School I would like to set up 4-6 computers in the back of classrooms. We may well not have internet to the classroom so I'd like the cluster to collaborate locally with each other.
I tested this at an Expo I went to recently. I had 4 laptop and I connected them with ethernet cable to a netgear ethernet switch. They did not see each other :(
How can I make this work?
Change History (7)
comment:1 Changed 14 years ago by sascha_silbe
- Cc sascha_silbe added
comment:2 Changed 14 years ago by tomeu
- Summary changed from Local Collaboration fails with a ethernet swtich to NM should autoassign a link-local address if no DHCP server is available
comment:3 Changed 14 years ago by tomeu
- Milestone changed from Unspecified by Release Team to 0.86
comment:4 Changed 14 years ago by sascha_silbe
- Component changed from sugar to SoaS
- Distribution/OS changed from SoaS to Unspecified
- Owner changed from tomeu to mchua sdz
Bulk change distribution=SoaS -> component=SoaS
comment:5 Changed 13 years ago by sdz
- Component changed from SoaS to sugar
- Owner changed from mchua sdz to tomeu
- Status changed from new to assigned
Assigning back to Sugar.
comment:6 Changed 10 years ago by dnarvaez
- Resolution set to wontfix
- Status changed from assigned to closed
Patches welcome, but it seems a bit of a side case.
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From conversations in the mailing list, I understand that the problem was that no dhcp server was in the network.
Still, NetworkManager could assign itself a link-local address if no dhcp server is available.