Feature Request: Allow VPN even when manual configuration (static IP)

Bug #126659 reported by Stephen Gornick
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Bug Description

If I have my workstation set up to use a static IP address, I am not able to see the Network-Manger entry for "VPN Connections". If I switch back to DHCP, then entry shows and I can try to connect to the VPN.

Couldn't DHCP and VPN be handled as independent, unrelated options?

Feisty 7.04 Desktop

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Matt Hale (mhale) wrote :

Just want to add my support to this feature request, cant really see any logic in the way its handled at the moment.

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Artem Popov (artfwo) wrote :

This looks like a duplicate of bug #5364

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