Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: network-manager-gnome
Wishlist item: when the system gets its IP through DHCP, the "Connection
Information" dialog should also show the IP address (or the host name)
of the DHCP server that gave the address. This information can help in
cases where people have two DHCP servers on their net (so it can be seen
exactly where the currently assigned IP address came from).
One way to get the DHCP server address is looking in
/var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.*.leases (pick the file for your currently-used
network interface), then looking at the last dhcp-server-identifier
entry in that file. During "support" in IRC channel, it's kinda fiddly
to post a recipe for getting this information :-) while having it in the
Connection Information dialog would make it easy to find and it would be
in good company with the other "technical" information there.
** Affects: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Connection Information should display the name/IP of DHCP server
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152681
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