Bug 296688

Summary:	plasma-widget-network-manager report wrong ip address after manual change
Product:	Network Management	Reporter:	Maarten Bezemer <maarten.bezemer>
Component:	Plasma Widget	Assignee:	Sebastian Kügler <sebas>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	lamarque, wstephenson
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plasma-widget-networkmanagement/+bug/362555
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Description Maarten Bezemer 2012-03-24 16:43:04 UTC

User-Agent:       Opera/9.80 (X11; Linux x86_64; U; Edition Next; en) Presto/2.10.269 Version/12.00
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As reported on LP: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plasma-widget-networkmanagement/+bug/362555

After a quite long uptime my ip address is changed from 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.101, but the network manager (plasma-widget-network-manager) still report the old ip address.

It happen every time I reboot my router (and dhcp server)...

Network Manager (or plasma-widget-network-manager) should be able to show the current ip address, and not just the one obtained a week ago.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Obtain an address via DHCP (i don't know if the problem exists even with a static address... may be)
2. Change the address manually with ifconfig...
3. Take a look at the network-manager widget and see the old address...
Actual Results:  
The old address (obtained at step 1) is still shown

Expected Results:  
It is expected to see the newly configured address (from step 2)

Comment 1 Lamarque V. Souza 2012-03-25 15:57:57 UTC

Plasma NM retrieves the IP address (from NetworkManager) when NetworkManager signals a state change on the interface. If NetworkManager is not aware of the IP change then there is nothing we can do about it.