Re: NetworkManager configuration

On 3/20/25 3:39 AM, Thomas Trepl ([email protected] via blfs-dev Mailing 
List) wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, dem 19.03.2025 um 14:51 -0500 schrieb Bruce Dubbs:
>> I don't normally use NetworkManager.  Static IP addresses are my preferred setup.
>>
>> However, I am trying to setup my laptop where I may be traveling and am trying to use
>> NM.  Before I do a lot of testing, I like to try to understand the process.
>>
>> What I want to do is:
>>
>> Set up networking using a wired connection if available or wireless otherwise.
>>
>> If the connection is at 192.168.x.x, I would like that to be static so I can ssh into
>> it.  I think I need to do that on the dhcp server on the router.
>>
>> After the connection is set up I want to run ntp.
> 
> Cannot say too much for NM.  Just one note about ntp.  If using ntpdate to
> set the time initially at boot, make sure that either the network is really
> really setup properly and the -t option to ntpdate is used. If not and the
> network isn't functional, ntpdate can hang forever which is not that
> usefull at boot time...

Thanks Thomas.  I found the most important problem, me.  I had built wpa-suplicant 
for my usual build previously and didn't remember that there are different 
instructions for NewworkManager.  There were a few other minor issues, but I think 
I've got a handle on, the issue.

FBBG.

   -- Bruce

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