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Bug 157344 - Gnome Network tool makes incorrect assumptions about network interfaces
Gnome Network tool makes incorrect assumptions about network interfaces
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-system-tools
Classification: Deprecated
Component: network-admin
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Carlos Garnacho
Carlos Garnacho
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-11-04 13:23 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified: 2009-10-09 14:13 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Sebastien Bacher 2004-11-04 13:23:43 UTC 
This bug has been reported here: https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/2238

"My laptop (IBM ThinkPad T42) has two network interfaces, ethernet and 802.11b/g
wireless.  In GNOME's Network Settings (go to System Configuration-Networking),
you can add these interfaces and configure them.  However, if I create my
wireless interface (eth1) first, the Network Settings will assume eth2 for the
ethernet interface when you try to create it, which does not work as it is
actually eth0.  This control panel should either give an option to select the
name of the ethernet interface to be configured (as the wireless control panel
does), or autodetect the interfaces on the computer."
Comment 1 Carlos Garnacho 2004-11-04 23:44:59 UTC 
I'm working on this for 1.2, the new network tool can be seen at:

http://www.gnome.org/~carlosg/stuff/gst/new-network.png

in this version the backend will offer a list with all the interfaces in the
system, instead of letting the frontend create configuration for non-existing
interfaces
Comment 2 Carlos Garnacho 2005-01-21 12:26:29 UTC 
Forgot to close this bug, this is indeed fixed :)