Re: Understanding IPv6-PD over PPPoE

2021-06-16 Thread Steve Hill via networkmanager-list
that link, but assigning a /128 address, which would be automatically used for outgoing connections being made through that NIC, should be fine. -- - Steve Hill Technical Director | Cyfarwyddwr Technegol OpendiumOnline Safety & Web Filtering http://www.opendium.com

Re: Understanding IPv6-PD over PPPoE

2021-06-16 Thread Steve Hill via networkmanager-list
? Its not terribly clear, but in any case the MUST NOT wording seems to have gone away. It feels sensible to me to optionally auto-generate a /128 address for the WAN interface from the delegations if it doesn't have an address assigned from elsewhere. -- - Steve Hill Technical Dir

Re: Understanding IPv6-PD over PPPoE

2021-06-16 Thread Steve Hill via networkmanager-list
t set. I don't think I've ever seen an ISP offering IPv6 without setting the M flag. When the M flag is set, the client is expected to use DHCPv6 instead of SLAAC. Do you mean these RAs do not contain any valid prefix? Correct, they do not contain a prefix and set the M flag.

Re: Understanding IPv6-PD over PPPoE

2021-06-16 Thread Steve Hill via networkmanager-list
rely make its own decision whether to assign an address to the PPP NIC. -- - Steve Hill Technical Director | Cyfarwyddwr Technegol OpendiumOnline Safety & Web Filtering http://www.opendium.com Diogelwch Ar-Lein a Hidlo Gwefan Enquiries | Ymholiadau:

Re: Understanding IPv6-PD over PPPoE

2021-06-16 Thread Steve Hill via networkmanager-list
k that received the DHCPv6 Advertise, if there is no other way to assign a global address to it. -- - Steve Hill Technical Director | Cyfarwyddwr Technegol OpendiumOnline Safety & Web Filtering http://www.opendium.com Diogelwch Ar-Lein a Hidlo Gwefan Enquiries

Re: Understanding IPv6-PD over PPPoE

2021-06-16 Thread Steve Hill via networkmanager-list
reason why you would ever want to generate traffic with a link-local source address and a global destination address? -- - Steve Hill Technical Director | Cyfarwyddwr Technegol OpendiumOnline Safety & Web Filtering http://www.opendium.com Diogelwch Ar-Lein a Hidlo

Re: Understanding IPv6-PD over PPPoE

2021-06-15 Thread Steve Hill via networkmanager-list
out before it falls back to v4. I can't see a good reason for installing a default route when DHCP hasn't allocated an address or prefix - doing so just leaves the machine with a broken network setup. -- - Steve Hill Technical Director | Cyfarwyddwr Technegol OpendiumOn

Understanding IPv6-PD over PPPoE

2021-06-15 Thread Steve Hill via networkmanager-list
e a machine with no "ipv6.method=shared" NICs ends up with no public v6 address at all. Any insight would be appreciated - many thanks. :) -- - Steve Hill Technical Director | Cyfarwyddwr Technegol OpendiumOnline Safety & Web Filtering http://www.opendium.com

Re: "A 'wireless' setting is required if no AP path was given."

2021-03-02 Thread Steve Newcomb
On 3/2/21 1:38 AM, Thomas Haller wrote: I would try to solve those interruptions, instead of adding a cron job like this... again, the (trace/debug) logfile is the way to go. Good advice, many thanks! Meanwhile, the real problem turned out to be the exasperated parents of a game-addicted, sl

"A 'wireless' setting is required if no AP path was given."

2021-03-01 Thread Steve Newcomb
I have 2 hosts that experience interruptions in their NetworkManager-managed wifi connections. In an attempt to force the hosts to restore their wifi connections more promptly than they otherwise would, I have them running a cron job called "keepWirelessAlive.py" every 3 minutes.  If wifi is runn

Re: So very close, but so frustrating...

2009-10-03 Thread Steve
hing about combining multiple independent network interfaces (each with its own IP address) to make single requests, but it sounded rather complicated IIRC. It is complicated, IMHO - but not impossible. Perhaps it is impractical - I'm not sure. It would be neat. Steve P.S. Humph - while (

Re: So very close, but so frustrating...

2009-10-03 Thread Steve
Dan Williams wrote: Which is why the people doing Blueman might as well have helped out getting the native NM support up and running in the first place; the answer at the time was "help get modem-manager working so we can do this properly", but the Blueman people took the short, hack-for-today ro

Re: So very close, but so frustrating...

2009-10-02 Thread Steve
Dan Williams wrote: Correct; I may just get bored enough today triaging bugs to go implement DUN in 0.8. That opens up a huge number of cellphones, which will inevitably lead to even more bugs since there's much more phone variation than in the relatively small data card space. Oh well; it woul

So very close, but so frustrating...

2009-09-30 Thread Steve
I've a netbook and I want to use it to access my home-office email wherever I happen to be... with minimal fuss. Sometimes I'll be connected to a wired network, sometimes wireless, sometimes via my mobile phone (connected over bluetooth) - sometimes from home - sometimes from remote locations.

VPN Plugin: concepts questions

2009-04-12 Thread Steve Hillier
t that feature? Will there be an 'IP6_config' method required soon; ie: IPV6 support? Thanks, Steve. ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list

dispatcher issue

2008-10-12 Thread Steve
bin/getip $interface`; chomp($ip); if ($ip eq "192.168.1.69") { $res = `/bin/mount /home/steve/SERVER1/steve`; $res = `/bin/mount /home/steve/SERVER1/public`; $res = `/bin/mount /home/steve/SERVER1/backup`; $res = `/bin/mount /home/steve/DELL/`;

RE: nm vpn plugin api docs?

2008-09-19 Thread Steve Hillier
Thanks for the reply! I spent last nite digging through your code. Excellent work! There's a lot here I can use. I'm off to the cottage for a week or so to code this up. I'll post an update when I return (unless I get my iPhone working as a tethered modem, there's no Intern

RE: nm vpn plugin api docs?

2008-09-18 Thread Steve Hillier
that prototype code, to see what I can do with it. I'll also be looking closely at your work. Again thanks for the info. Steve. -Original Message- From: Martin Willi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 2:16 AM To: Steve Hillier Cc: networkmanager-list@gnome

Re: nm vpn plugin api docs?

2008-09-17 Thread Steve Hillier
unny enough, 0.6x builds fine. So question 2: is there any simple way (ie : guide) to sandbox a build environment that doesn't blow up my working desktop? I'm not having much luck thus far. How do you do it? Steve Sent from my iPhone On 17-Sep-08, at 12:32 AM, Dan Williams <[EMA

Re: disabling polkit?

2008-07-17 Thread Steve
On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 12:44 +0300, Tambet Ingo wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello! How integrated is polkit in NetworkManager? I would like to > > build NM for Slackware, which doesn't come with polkit, and I w

disabling polkit?

2008-07-17 Thread Steve
#x27;m using an older version of NM from svn that doesn't require polkit. Cheers, -= Steve =- ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list

Re: SELinux is preventing NetworkManager (NetworkManager_t) "getattr" access to device /dev/noz0.

2008-06-11 Thread Steve Baker
Update: Selinux-policy-targeted 3.3.1-62.fc9 Same issue with the above from recent update. On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Steve Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (selinux-policy-targeted) = 3.3.1-55.fc9 > All the selunix packages are 3.3.1-55.fc9 > > Steve > > >

Network manager GSM phone via USB HAL Fedora 9

2008-06-06 Thread Steve Baker
Using NM looking to connect my GSM razor v3 via usb for internet access. Trawling around I found GSM cards defined in /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/10-modem.fdi Should I add it myself here or is there a more elegant / preferred way to do this? Thanks _

SELinux is preventing NetworkManager (NetworkManager_t) "getattr" access to device /dev/noz0.

2008-06-06 Thread Steve Baker
The error comes up when I try to connect using Option GTMAX broadband card. Jun 6 17:35:45 localhost NetworkManager: (noz0): device state change: 3 -> 4 Jun 6 17:35:45 localhost NetworkManager: Activation (noz0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Jun 6 17:35:45 localhost NetworkMan

Re: How to specify the key number

2008-04-20 Thread Steve Lee
> On Sat, 2008-04-19 at 14:43 +0100, Steve Lee wrote: > > Is it possible to specify the key number when specifying the key in > nm-applet? > NetworkManager 0.7 has this functionality. It's quite unlikely to get > backported to 0.6.x since it's a fairly invasive c

How to specify the key number

2008-04-19 Thread Steve Lee
ssing from the GUI. Thanks -- Steve Lee -- Open Source Assistive Technology Software web: fullmeasure.co.uk blog: eduspaces.net/stevelee/weblog ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/netw

device control/sharing

2007-12-23 Thread Steve Morgan
and needs to share his wireless access through eth0 so he can use his xbox live in another room in his house) Running Fedora 8. Thanks, Steve ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo

nm-vpn api questions (re: nm-os).

2007-11-07 Thread steve hillier
ng widgets to a container window provided by the wizard. Is that correct? Where can I look for the reference to the window I should be appending my widgets to? thanks in advance, steve. ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list

Re: nm-openswan - update

2007-11-07 Thread steve hillier
se AES encyption, so testing has become somewhat impossible until I find a fix for this. I know I can upgrade, but Fedora6 is rock-solid stable and I love my beryl-setup with all that eye-candy. Can't get it to work in FC7. All help appreciated. steve. Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > Quoting st

Re: nm-openswan - update

2007-11-06 Thread steve hillier
verify this. Again, I'm new to coding these, more obscure api's, so these are clearly beginner style mistakes. Anyway, I hope there's some good info in here for you and anyone else that tried to compile the code I released. I'll send another update to the mailing list when I&#

NM support for Bluetooth NAP connections possible?

2007-06-19 Thread steve
le unrecognized network connections such that if there's any type of network connectivity (managed or otherwise) at least let me attempt to launch a VPN connection? What do you think? Steve. ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list

Intermittent DHCP problem

2007-06-14 Thread Steve
ahi services of other PCs on the network. As soon as I click cancel the interface is disabled. Why can't I use the link-local address when DHCP fails, without the annoying window in the background? Clearly the key works, so surely there's no need for it to be r

Re: nm-openswan is alive again!

2007-06-12 Thread steve
API changes to the openswan client. If I'm repeating someone else's ideas, it's because I'm still catching up on the mailing list. As always, all comments are welcome. Steve. NB: Thanks for all the replies, it's good to know so many are interested in this plugin.

nm-openswan is alive again!

2007-06-09 Thread steve
releases) as it will be required for my new job. I'll post again when I've got a tar ball for others to test. If anyone feels inclined to help with the effort (which is mainly bug fixing at this point), feel free to contact me. Steve. ___ Network

nm-openswan dev update - debugging properties library help needed

2007-04-15 Thread steve
ciated as I've been banging my head against the key-board for days (soon time for a new one). I've got everything else for basic functionality coded, building and installing fine, but until I can define a connection, testing cannot proceed. If anyone has any suggestions, please

Re: nm-openswan development update

2007-03-28 Thread steve
Dan Williams wrote: > On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 19:34 -0400, Darren Albers wrote: > >> On 3/25/07, steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> It's been busy at work and hence development slows down accordingly, but >>>

nm-openswan development update

2007-03-25 Thread steve
ll send another update once I've got this problem licked and the alpha code compiles (without segfaults at runtime ;) Steve. ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list

Re: Interface Feedback requested please (Darren Albers)

2007-03-16 Thread steve
;s a limitation of the scripts that ship with openswan. I'm hoping to get the X-auth working with my plugin, which essentially bypasses those scripts and talks directly to the service daemon. (Thanks for the guidance Dan ;)). Steve. ___ Network

re: More on nm-OpenSwan

2007-03-10 Thread steve
o_channel_close(&connOutput); g_fclose(&output); g_free(&stdout_buffer); return 0: } } . Does that make any sense or am I going about this the wrong way? Thanks for any help. Steve. ___ NetworkManager-list mailing l

More on nm-OpenSwan

2007-03-10 Thread steve
7;ve rejected already: 1. call the ipsec |grep every 5 seconds in a loop 2. Poll the routing table for the corresponding route entry for the remote network every 5 seconds If there was a /proc file or some other file I could watch for a size / mod time change I could respond to that trigger to update

nm-openswan

2007-03-07 Thread steve
yone else working on a project like this? Does anyone have need for this type of plugin, or is this software only useful for me? Steve ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list

Re: openvpn; even basic setup not going so great

2006-10-03 Thread Steve Wray
Dan Williams wrote: > On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 10:15 +1300, Steve Wray wrote: >> I'm glad that I have started some useful discussion on the issue of >> openvpn config with network manager, I hope it leads somewhere! > > What version of the OpenVPN plugin, and what version o

Re: openvpn needs more settings

2006-10-02 Thread Steve Wray
David Zeuthen wrote: > On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 15:02 +1300, Steve Wray wrote: >> How about giving the option to pull in a regular, normal openvpn config >> file and stuff that into the NetworkManager settings? That would be just >> brilliant... >> >> Or even just to

openvpn; even basic setup not going so great

2006-10-02 Thread Steve Wray
I'm glad that I have started some useful discussion on the issue of openvpn config with network manager, I hope it leads somewhere! I am having some problems with a very *very* basic openvpn setup. The server has this: dev tun ifconfig 10.8.0.2 10.8.0.1 secret static.key I have a working open

Re: openvpn needs more settings

2006-10-01 Thread Steve Wray
Dan Williams wrote: > On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 12:14 +1300, Steve Wray wrote: >> Hi all, >> > First off, you'll need to add those settings to the allowed-settings > array in vpn-daemons/openvpn/src/nm-openvpn-service.c in the function > nm_openvpn_config_options_valida

openvpn needs more settings

2006-10-01 Thread Steve Wray
Hi all, Way back in June, Brice Goglin made the most excellent suggestion that NetworkManager could do with some more settings for openvpn: > I am using openvpn regularly and would like to integrate my VPN > connections in NetworkManager. But I have several non-trivial options in > my openvpn con