On Thu, 2012-03-01 at 11:21 -0800, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > Hi Dan, > > > > I have F16 here (NM 0.9.2) with a Beagleboard doing USB gadget > > > networking, and NM seems to be treating the wired and USB connections as > > > the same thing. After booting the Beagleboard, I get two "Wired" items > > > in the NM connection list, but they are sharing a single configuration. > > > This is a problem because I need to share my host's ethernet in order to > > > give the Beagleboard connectivity -- definitely not the same > > > configuration. > > > When I click the "+" button for a new configuration, my only option is > > > VPN. > > > > > > I'm sure I had this working in F14 or F15, but I can't remember how. Am > > > I missing something simple? Thanks! > > > > Do either of the interfaces have stable MAC addresses? The usual > > mechanism would be to lock connections to each of the MAC addresses of > > the interfaces, so that you have connection #1 locked to onboard wired, > > and connection #2 locked to USB, and then they are both set up > > correctly. Unfortunately, I think on the gadget stuff sometimes the MAC > > address is random and then this becomes an excercise in creating udev > > rules to set the MAC address to a well-known one. > > I fixed this in the kernel a long time ago. USB networking gadgets > contain DEVTYPE=gadget. No need to play crazy address tricks.
Even if they have DEVTYPE=gadget, if you have two gadget devices, you still need some way to associate configuration with a particular gadget netdev. Which comes back to MAC address, really... Dan _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list