For integration of NetworkManager in existing Mandriva environment we are looking for the best way to interoperate with standard tools. In ideal case the fact that NM manages interfaces should be transparent, and ifup/ifdown should do the same both for interfaces managed natively as well as for interface managed by NM (with reasonable approximation).
Mandriva ifup/ifdown is mostly based on RH/fedora version. Interface definition format (and hence NetworkManager system plugin) has diverged significantly. The main difference is in wireless configuration. RH expects that connection is tied to interface; connection UUID is stored in ifcfg-XXX, so ifup looks up connection and requests NM to start it. In Mandriva wireless configuration is not associated with specific interface. Instead, "ifup wlanX" just starts wireless interface physically so that it can start scanning for AP. The actual AP selection is done later by wpa_supplicant or by user explicitly selecting AP; when connection with AP is established, per-AP IP configuration is applied (by ifplugd). This mostly corresponds to what NM does :) Now RH scripts work for wired case, but not for wireless, because wireless does not have any connection associated with it. So what we are looking for is which functions can be used to disable interface (basically putting it in state after legacy ifdown) or enable (effectively doing the same as legacy ifup). For wireless ifdown mostly corresponds to Disconnet, but how can interface be enabled for auto-selection without explicitly starting connection? For wired pair of "nmcli dev disconnect"/"nmcli con activate" may be used. I am not sure how persistent DSCONNECTED state for device is - i.e. I would not like interface to suddenly come up after cable is replugged. I understand that no interfaces are currently provided for this, my question is - what internal functions (or combination) could be use to implement these interfaces. Thank you! -andrey _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list