Comment 14 for bug 5364

If you think about it, the whole point of an app like network manager is to allow easy catering for the variety of different networks while roaming. There's little point in having it for a stand alone workstation that never leaves the network. As a user we are not always able to define what a particular network allows or not (ie if a network demands a static ip or dynamic) so therefore it really IS a requirement that network manager supports static IP's. In my case I roam between a few different networks and one of them now requires an additional IP (yes a static one) while the main address is given via DHCP. This is due to two companies being on the same lan and some political issues outside of my control. Therefore unless network manager supports static IP's it is not achieving it's intended purpose in my opinion.