Interner configuration on FC3

[Jeff Vian]

On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 13:02 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> 
> > Also check out "Applications -> System Tools -> Network Device Control"
> > and "Applications -> System Settings -> Network".  This is a perfect
> > application for network profiles.  There's a good intro at
> > www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/network_profiles.shtml.
> 
> In my (limited) experience these applications do not work properly,
> at least in KDE.
> (Files that should be copied are linked.)
> 

Links make it so a single change is seen everywhere. copies make it so
EACH copy must be updated or the problem you see happens.

Links are simple to manage, copies quickly become a nightmare for the
administrator.

> Also, it is not clear to me why there are applications
> apparently doing the same job in 2 different places (as above).
> 
> And it is not clear whether one is altering an "interface" or a "profile".
> 
> The basic idea of profiles seems quite nice,
> but its implementation leaves a lot to be desired.
> 
> Unfortunately NetworkManager, which presumably is meant to replace profiles,
> seems even worse. 
> 

I don't know about NetworkManager.

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