From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90) Hotplug should have a means for activating network on plugin of USB NIC, similiar to method used by PCMCIA devices If set for dynamic IP, activate dhcpcd/pump/whatever, or if static, bring Iif up with that IP Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. plug in USB NIC 2. 3. Actual Results: Does not activate network, does not bring if up Expected Results: Activate network, update IP info (static/dhcp, etc), bring interface up When a pcmcia NIC is inserted, the network device is activated, and an ip address obtained (for dhcp) Would like USB nic to have same results Would also like network to be de-activated upon removal of device
We (Red Hat) should really try to resolve this before next release.
I'll look into this...
This works now... new hotplug from rawhide and new kernel needed.