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d_logan

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Registered: 2010-04-21

Posts: 21

netcfg will not setup static IP with media disconnected

The title says it all.  If I don't physically have my network cable plugged in, setting a network profile with a static IP fails.  Also, there doesn't appear to be a setting for subnet mask.

Please help, without this functionality I'm stuck back using Windows with netsh scripts, which I'm really trying to get away from.

d_logan

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Registered: 2010-04-21

Posts: 21

Re: netcfg will not setup static IP with media disconnected

Ok, it's not as bad as I thought.  At least once you have the static set, if the media is temporarily disconnected, it does't drop the static setup like networkmanager does.  I think I can live with this setup, although it would be nice if you could set the static ignoring the carrier signal.

skanky

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From: WAIS

Registered: 2009-10-23

Posts: 1,847

Re: netcfg will not setup static IP with media disconnected

Do you need to set it if it's not connected?
If you need to make sure it's set-up whenever it is connected (which may be after boot), you could use ifplugd to set it?

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