NetworkManager?

[Soren Hansen]

On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 05:11:35PM -0300, Hervé Fache wrote:
> The gateway has to be given in the case of static configuration, so
> you _do_ know its IP.

Sure, but my point is that the presence of that IP on the network is not
a clear indication that you are on the network you think you are on. I
can think of at least three networks to which I connect regularly that
have a device (router or host) with IP 192.168.1.2.

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