Timeline for Network Manager does not handle switching between networks by default
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| Jan 19, 2016 at 16:37 | vote | accept | sherrellbc | ||
| Jan 14, 2016 at 18:37 | answer | added | WorBlux | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 14, 2016 at 16:01 | comment | added | terdon♦ |
Could you also show the output of ip addr i) when the dock is connected and ii) when it isn't?
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| Jan 14, 2016 at 15:52 | history | edited | terdon♦ |
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| Jan 14, 2016 at 14:56 | history | edited | sherrellbc | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 14, 2016 at 14:51 | comment | added | terdon♦ | OK. Please include these details in your question. I am guessing the solution will probably involve writing a udev rule that brings the ethernet or even the DHCP daemon down/up when the dock is disconnected. I am far from a udev expert but I assume the details of the dock will be helpful to anyone trying to solve this. | |
| Jan 14, 2016 at 14:50 | comment | added | sherrellbc | @terdon, The connection to the Ethernet cable is done by removing the laptop from the docking station that already has the Ethernet cable plugged in. It might be that the docking station provides an independent NIC, so Network Manager does not handle the removal of this NIC in the same as as it would if I had been using one NIC and just removed the Ethernet cable? | |
| Jan 14, 2016 at 14:48 | comment | added | sherrellbc | @terdon, Most of the time I have my wireless NIC disabled. And yes, the Ethernet port is on the Docking station. I am not aware of the working details, but I think the docking station's interface to the laptop is over a PCI bus. The docking station is this one, so it may provide a separate NIC alongside the laptop's integrated one. | |
| Jan 14, 2016 at 14:45 | comment | added | terdon♦ | So you disconnect the cable, connect a new one and this doesn't happen automatically? That's very strange. Disconnecing from a wired network should bring everything down and then up again when you reconnect automatically. Is the ethernet port on the docking station or on your computer? Is there also a wireless network that might be confusing things? Could your laptop be connecting to a WiFi network while you're moving it? | |
| Jan 14, 2016 at 14:42 | history | edited | sherrellbc | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 14, 2016 at 14:33 | history | asked | sherrellbc | CC BY-SA 3.0 |