Network-based install unreliable?

2015-02-11 Thread W. Michael Petullo
Since Red Hat 4.2, I have frequently performed network-based installs of Red Hat/Fedora. Some time around Fedora 16, installing over the network became somewhat unreliable. It seems like some days it just won't work. Generally there is some package that cannot be found or something to that effect.

Configuring a network interface without the associated static route

2011-01-05 Thread W. Michael Petullo
I am trying to figure out if there is a way to configure a network interface using /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts without creating the corresponding static route. The reason I want to do this is that I am setting up a proxy ARP scenario similar to the one documented in [1]. What I want to avoid is

nm-connection-editor's "Available to all users" checkbox

2011-01-02 Thread W. Michael Petullo
I can't figure out why nm-connection-editor's "Available to all users" checkbox is not working for me on Fedora 14. I have the following behavior in two use scenarios: 1. Wireless/Add: receive "Connection add failed: Insufficient privileges" error dialog when I click "Apply" with "Available to all

Avahi and IPv6

2011-01-01 Thread W. Michael Petullo
I am trying to get Avahi working in a Fedora 14 IPv6 environment. I've read what I can find about the subject, but am still having trouble. I have written "use-ipv6=yes" to "avahi-daemon.conf," but when I run "avahi-browse," I do not see any IPv6 services listed (only IPv4). For an additional test