networkmanager

[jim lawrence]

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:21:01 -0600 (CST), Satish Balay <balay at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, jim lawrence wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:05:01 -0600 (CST), Satish Balay <balay at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, jim lawrence wrote:
> > >
> > > > > (if it were to work) - the process would be:
> > > > i tried to start the process (daemon) and it booted me off my wireless
> > > > connection
> > >
> > > 1. If the wire is connected - then NetworkManager will prefer 'wired'
> > > connection over wireless
> > >
> > > 2. The settings in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts (that you might have
> > > configured with system-config-network) are not used by networkmanager.
> > >
> > > The whole point of NetworkManager is - most of these settings are
> > > detected automatically - and things that can't be detected (for eg:
> > > WEP key) are specified by the user. (via NetworkManagerInfo)
> 
> > ***********
> > yes but the cable wasn't even plugged in!!!
> > no where it asked for a WEP key or any other window poped up eetc.
> > both rpms are installed
> > should I turn off my wireless, plug a cable in start networkmanager
> > i would like to see something on my screen from the app.
> >  I would like to get nemworkmanager configured but if the application
> > is going to be a pain in the  ass  i won't bother with it.
> 
> Well - I've mentioned how its supporsed to work.
> 
> I've also mentioned that it might not work (and if so bugzilla is the
> place to look for more info)
> 
> One thing you should notice (after you start up NetworkManagerInfo) is
> an applet - which shows different icons for different things
> NetworkManager is trying out..
> 
> Satish
> 
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well thank you for mentioning how it is supposed to work  i plugged in
my ethernet cable, and BAM dropped my connection after i started the
process.
won't be using that app at all!!
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jim lawrence