Comment 59 for bug 5364

In regards to Craig's comment above, I am running Ubuntu 7.10 - Gutsy Gibbon. I prefer to use a static IP. However, I have been stuck with using DHCP for the past year or so, because when network-manager is configured with a static IP, I cannot use it to connect to a VPN. The 'VPN Connections' option simply does not appear in the drop-down menu.

I believe bug 114700 is correctly marked as a duplicate of this one. After reading all of the posts, it seems some users (even the original creator) have muddled the definition of this bug with other problems. Let me know if I am off track here, and should be posting elsewhere. Also, on a personal note, I am fortunate that the DHCP address I am assigned rarely changes. If it did change, I would probably move to a different linux distribution, because using VPN and having a (relatively) static IP are essential to my computing needs. This bug is especially dangerous for me, considering network-manager vpn support was the only type I could get to work on my company's vpn.

I think this bug should be moved up in priority and if at all possible, fixed in the next release. It almost caused me to jump the ubuntu 6.10 ship about 10 months ago, and has not been addressed since.