Ubuntu
network-manager package

  1. Bug #5364
  2. Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 5364

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lithorus (lithorus) wrote : Re: Can't use static ip address with network-manager

There is another problem with not supporting static ip's in network manager. VPN connections through NM depend on a network connection alread configured through NM. So if you have a static LAN which you use to connect to VPN you cannot activate them.

NM in Fedora seems to be able to parse the stuff in /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg/. Making something similar for /etc/network/interfaces would be ideal IMHO since it'll use the already used System -> Administration -> Networking configuration.