name resolution problem when using wired connection for VPN
Scot L. Harris
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Fri Mar 4 20:46:04 UTC 2005
On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 12:34, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Scot L. Harris wrote:
> >
> > Could this be an issue with NetworkManager? Been using that for awhile
> > mainly with the wireless connection. I noticed this problem when I
> > traveled to another site and connected up using a wired connection. I
> > have since reproduced the problem here. I think when I first brought
> > the system up I used the wired connection. But installed NetworkManager
> > to get the wireless working.
>
> If "NetworkManager" is the same as system-config-network, I've never
> trusted it. My network stuff is set up by hand (I'm old-school...well,
> maybe just old). However, I don't run VPNs here for any of my stuff
> so I really can't speak to the difficulty of setting up VPNs manually.
>
> > Is it possible to extract NetworkManager completely from a system? I
> > may try that next just to see if I can get the wired connection working.
>
> Someone else would have to tackle that one. I don't use
> "system-config-network" and I'm not sure if that's what you call Network
> Manager or not.
Rick,
NetworkManager is a new widget that is suppose to manage your network
connections. Appears to be geared more toward laptop type users.
It is very different from the system-config-network tool.
I came across a message that seemed to indicate that NetworkManager
munges some of the files and leaves that that way when it is removed.
I am going to try this weekend to experiment with removing
NetworkManager and setting up the wired NIC manually to see if the VPN
will resolve names correctly in that setup. I think I did that when
initially setup the laptop since I had trouble getting the wireless to
work. Wireless worked after using NetworkManager. It still needs some
work IMHO.
So by Sunday I hope to have some additional data points on this
problem.
--
Scot L. Harris
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