Comment 26 for bug 259214

Hi Alex,
so this would be right.

/etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auth eth1
iface eth1 inet static
    address 192.168.1.3
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    gateway 192.168.1.1
    dns-nameserver 192.168.1.1

Then tried this :-

 sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... RTNETLINK answers: No such process
SIOCDELRT: No such process
WARNING: ifup -a is disabled in favour of NetworkManager.
   Set ifupdown:managed=false in /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf.

So this is right at the least saying that my connection is being managed by Network-Manager

Then did this :-

sudo /etc/init.d/NetworkManager restart
 * Stopping NetworkManager... [ OK ]
 * Starting NetworkManager... [ OK ]

Network Manager also did not complain so looks good.

But when I right click on nm-applet and click on edit connection (nm-connections-editor)

for eth1 it still shows me the connection as a dhcp connection and both connect automatically and system settings are checked.

(Stumped here)

Another thing why is the dns-nameserver taken as 192.168.1.1 . From what I understand of dns-nameserver they are usually something at the ISP's end. For e.g. my ISP's dns name-servers are 61.1.96.69 , 61.1.96.71 or sometimes use OpenDNS 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 . This information should be there, shouldn't it.