When setting a network device to DHCP and applying the settings, trigger

auto-configuration in the net_server. Code taken and adopted from ifconfig.


git-svn-id: file:///srv/svn/repos/haiku/haiku/trunk@29883 a95241bf-73f2-0310-859d-f6bbb57e9c96

src/preferences/network/EthernetSettingsView.cpp

@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include <NetServer.h>
+
 #include "AutoDeleter.h"
 
 
@@ -338,6 +340,7 @@ EthernetSettingsView::_ApplyControlsToConfiguration()
 	fCurrentSettings->SetAutoConfigure(
 		strcmp(fTypeMenuField->Menu()->FindMarked()->Label(), "DHCP") == 0);
 
+
 	fCurrentSettings->fNameservers.MakeEmpty();
 	fCurrentSettings->fNameservers.AddItem(new BString(
 		fPrimaryDNSTextControl->Text()));
@@ -355,6 +358,8 @@ EthernetSettingsView::_SaveConfiguration()
 	_ApplyControlsToConfiguration();
 	_SaveDNSConfiguration();
 	_SaveAdaptersConfiguration();
+	if (fCurrentSettings->GetAutoConfigure())
+		_TriggerAutoConfig(fCurrentSettings->GetName());
 }
 
 
@@ -431,6 +436,42 @@ EthernetSettingsView::_SaveAdaptersConfiguration()
 }
 
 
+status_t
+EthernetSettingsView::_TriggerAutoConfig(const char* device)
+{
+	BMessenger networkServer(kNetServerSignature);
+	if (!networkServer.IsValid()) {
+		(new BAlert("error", "The net_server needs to run for the auto "
+			"configuration!", "Ok"))->Go();
+		return B_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	BMessage message(kMsgConfigureInterface);
+	message.AddString("device", device);
+	BMessage address;
+	address.AddString("family", "inet");
+	address.AddBool("auto config", true);
+	message.AddMessage("address", &address);
+
+	BMessage reply;
+	status_t status = networkServer.SendMessage(&message, &reply);
+	if (status != B_OK) {
+		BString errorMessage("Sending auto-config message failed: ");
+		errorMessage << strerror(status);
+		(new BAlert("error", errorMessage.String(), "Ok"))->Go();
+		return status;
+	} else if (reply.FindInt32("status", &status) == B_OK
+			&& status != B_OK) {
+		BString errorMessage("Auto-configuring failed: ");
+		errorMessage << strerror(status);
+		(new BAlert("error", errorMessage.String(), "Ok"))->Go();
+		return status;
+	}
+
+	return B_OK;
+}
+
+
 status_t
 EthernetSettingsView::_GetPath(const char* name, BPath& path)
 {

src/preferences/network/EthernetSettingsView.h

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ private:
 				void			_SaveAdaptersConfiguration();
 				void			_ApplyControlsToConfiguration();
 				status_t		_GetPath(const char* name, BPath& path);
+				status_t		_TriggerAutoConfig(const char* device);
 private:
 		
 				BButton*		fApplyButton;

src/preferences/network/Jamfile

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 SubDir HAIKU_TOP src preferences network ;
 
 UsePrivateHeaders shared ;
+UseHeaders [ FDirName $(HAIKU_TOP) src servers net ] : true ;
 
 Preference Network :
 	NetworkApp.cpp