> 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
> > 
> >>  
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Thanks Darren, so we're agreed it's a bug. How am I best reporting a bug of 
this type?
 
 
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