Re: Can't set two connections up on the same interface

[Anthony Bourguignon <contact+nm toniob net>]

Le lundi 11 août 2014 à 10:55 -0500, Dan Williams a écrit :
> On Thu, 2014-08-07 at 23:01 +0200, Anthony Bourguignon wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to configure my debian testing router using Network Manager
> > (in replacement of the /etc/network/interfaces file). But I've found an
> > issue. I can't set two connections at the same time on the same network
> > interface.
> >
> > I've configured two connections : a pppoe and a 802-3-ethernet one. They
> > have to work at the same time on the same interface. The ethernet
> > connection is to set a local ip address for me to have access to my adsl
> > modem web interface. The pppoe is to setup my internet connection.
> >
> > Using ifupdown, it works well. Both connections are up without any
> > problem. But Network Manager doesn't allow it. I've bound the 2
> > connections used by network manager using the 802-3-ethernet.mac-address
> > parameter.
> >
> > But when I set a connection up, the other one is disconnected. I can
> > only have one at a time.
> >
> > Is this normal or is there a way to bypass this behavior ?
>
> At the moment this is expected behavior, and it's a bug in
> NetworkManager that has a long history and hasn't yet been fixed.  So
> unfortunately NM can't meet your needs at this time.  Fixing this issue
> has always been in my mind at least, and we've made slow progress
> towards it, but there's still a bunch of stuff to do before it's finally
> fixed.

Thanks for your answer. Do you have an idea of when it could be fixed ?
It is the same bug that makes it impossible to start 2 openvpn
connections at the same time ?

Have a nice day