Re: [arch-general] Network configuration

2016-02-04 Thread Wolfgang Mader
On 02/04/2016 03:41 PM, Bruno Pagani wrote: Le 04/02/2016 15:27, Wolfgang Mader a écrit : Dear list, I have a router which automatically identifies the devices connected to it by their host name (its a FritzBox if that matters). However, this does not work for all my arch-boxes. Thus, I get th

Re: [arch-general] Network configuration

2016-02-04 Thread Bruno Pagani
Le 04/02/2016 15:27, Wolfgang Mader a écrit : > Dear list, > I have a router which automatically identifies the devices connected > to it by their host name (its a FritzBox if that matters). However, > this does not work for all my arch-boxes. Thus, I get the feeling, I > am missing something in my

[arch-general] Network configuration

2016-02-04 Thread Wolfgang Mader
Dear list, I have a router which automatically identifies the devices connected to it by their host name (its a FritzBox if that matters). However, this does not work for all my arch-boxes. Thus, I get the feeling, I am missing something in my network configuration. Usually, I edit /etc/hostn

Re: [arch-general] Network configuration

2014-06-14 Thread Yamakaky
Le 13/06/2014 18:05, Ryan Fredette a écrit : On 06/13/2014 11:45 AM, Yamakaky wrote: That's what I was about to setup when I saw that systemd-networkd doesn't support DHCP for ipv6 ^^ Do you if it's planned ? There was a patch set submitted today to systemd to start adding dhcp support for ipv

Re: [arch-general] Network configuration

2014-06-13 Thread Ryan Fredette
On 06/13/2014 11:45 AM, Yamakaky wrote: That's what I was about to setup when I saw that systemd-networkd doesn't support DHCP for ipv6 ^^ Do you if it's planned ? There was a patch set submitted today to systemd to start adding dhcp support for ipv6[1], but it's not been accepted yet. Even w

Re: [arch-general] Network configuration

2014-06-13 Thread Yamakaky
Thanks for your answers. As it was said above it is matter of personal preference. Personally I try to use the simplest possible tools that do its job. And I switched all my machines to systemd-networkd (+wpa_supplicant for wifi). Network/WIFI/DHCP work great, no complains. My advice it to sta

Re: [arch-general] Network configuration

2014-06-13 Thread Anatol Pomozov
Hi On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 1:39 AM, Yamakaky wrote: > Hi all > > I write you this mail because I'm a bit lost between all these network > configuration tools available : > > - systemd-networkd > - dhcpcd service > - netctl > - wpa_supplicant > - NetworkManager/wicd > > There is two profiles

Re: [arch-general] Network configuration

2014-06-13 Thread Bigby James
On 06/13, Yamakaky wrote: > Hi all > > I write you this mail because I'm a bit lost between all these network > configuration tools available : > > - systemd-networkd > - dhcpcd service > - netctl > - wpa_supplicant > - NetworkManager/wicd > > There is two profiles I use now : a laptop (wif

Re: [arch-general] Network configuration

2014-06-13 Thread Dolan Murvihill
Hi Yamakaky, netctl, wpa_supplicant, and NetworkManager all manage your network interface connections (your OSI layer 2 connections). dhcpcd and dhclient are DHCP clients, responsible for automatically getting you an IP address (OSI layer 3). More information about these tools can be found on the

Re: [arch-general] Network configuration

2014-06-13 Thread Savyasachee Jha
I use netctl, 'cause it's lighter than networkmanager and does what I want it to do quite easily. Only thing I miss is a system tray icon. I tried using netmon, but I don't like somethign python running all the time in the background. I use timesyncd with netctl and it works perfectly well. On Fr

[arch-general] Network configuration

2014-06-13 Thread Yamakaky
Hi all I write you this mail because I'm a bit lost between all these network configuration tools available : - systemd-networkd - dhcpcd service - netctl - wpa_supplicant - NetworkManager/wicd There is two profiles I use now : a laptop (wifi auto-discover and connect with gui tray and