Comment 21 for bug 284874

I think Abraham's work-around might be the best I have seen yet, but still, 'Automatic' should really be 'use it if it is there, DON'T FAIL if it is not there.' The hack that I have been using is to go into the network manager's 'Edit Connections' dialog and under the 'Wired' tab, click on 'Add' to create a new wired connection. Then I can have two wired connections, one that ignores IPv6 and one that has it set to automatic. Then, based on where I am (at work or at home) I can choose the appropriate connection. Actually, it seems to fail nicely and choose the appropriate connection for me; I rarely have to force it to connect to the right connection. I got this inspiration from the wireless connections tab which has a connection defined for each of the WAPs that it connects to, each with the ability to choose IPv6 preferences. I wondered why I couldn't do the same with wired connections and lo and behold, I can.

That said, I think I might change my setup to match Abraham's.