> Well, not really nwam since Euan is not using nwam > here. It's actually an issue > with the network/physical service which doesn't have > stop/restart/refresh methods. > > The Network Admin tool that Euan is referring to is > the GNOME System Tools > version. This will restart network/physical:default > SMF service. Unfortunately > this doesn't bring down existing networks (in > comparison NWAM would). > > As such the dhcp release/start that Euan suggests is > probably a good idea, but > in reality there are possibly other side-effects > involved. > > On the switching of location - it probably would be > better to bring down the > whole network - marking all non-DHCP interfaces as > down, doing a release for > DHCP interfaces (which will also mark it as down > after releasing the address), > and then start network/physical again which should > then re-process all the > interfaces. > > I reckon a bug should be created to handle this in > Network Admin. > > Thanks, > > Darren. > > Jeff Cai wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-06-08 at 20:36 -0700, Euan Thoms > wrote: > >> I have disabled NWAM because I have static IP at > one location and dynamic at another. I have made the > locations (profiles) in network administration. With > the static connection I have filled DNS servers in > manually, with the dynamic it should get populated > itself. > >> > >> Problem: > >> When I switch from static to dynamic location, it > acquires the dynamic IP address, gateway and route > but the DNS servers do not get updated. > >> > >> Workaround: > >> #ifconfig rtls0 dhcp release > >> #ifconfig rtls0 dhcp start > >> > >> Surely this could be remedied if the network > administration tool did this release and start > routine when switching locations, or, even better, > during deactivation and activation of the network > node. > >> > >> Does anybody else agree this is a bug / design > flaw? > > > > I also encountered this problem before. I think it > is a bug of nwam. > > > > Jeff > > > >> > >> > >> This message posted from opensolaris.org > >> _______________________________________________ > >> desktop-discuss mailing list > >> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > desktop-discuss mailing list > > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
Thanks Darren, so we're agreed it's a bug. How am I best reporting a bug of this type? This message posted from opensolaris.org
