Hello > I'm looking to use connman as the network manager for a small NAS > device. > The device could have a wireless adapter, and one or two ethernet > adapters. I'd like to be able to show the user all the network > interfaces > on the box, and allow them to configure them with or without a network > link. Sure, I can use getifaddrs() or similar to list all the > interfaces, > but since connman is controlling them already, and I can use connman > dbus > calls for all other network tasks, it would be nice to stick with that > approach for everything. > > Configuring an ethernet device with no link may seem pointless, but it > can > be useful for situations like if you are preparing to move a network- > only > (headless) device to a different network with no DHCP server. In that > case, you would probably want to configure your other, disconnected > interface for the network which you plan to move your device to. >
I'd be interested in a similar scenario. Connman is running on a device with display that shows some environmental information to the user. The system is usually installed by an installation engineer. However during the installation the network infrastructure is often not available. So it would be good if the user could already configure the device to his desire even without the network, this way when everything goes online the system is already mostly configured. I also noticed that if I don't show the Ethernet interface if the network is not plugged in the user gets confused. Regards Pascal _______________________________________________ connman mailing list connman@connman.net http://lists.connman.net/listinfo/connman
