The case against NetworkManager

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Tue Oct 9 13:26:37 UTC 2007


Timothy Murphy wrote:
> I see that there is a proposal to make NM (Network Manager)
> a standard feature of Fedora-8, replacing system-config-network
> in its various forms.

No, not yet

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureNetworkManager

Fedora 8 would still have system-config-network.

> 
> I don't think this is a good idea.
> NM does not work with my Orinoco PCMCIA classic gold card.
> It sends out a message saying something like "Get a better card".
> Basically, I believe the Orinoco card does not support
> the kind of scanning that NM uses.

That is a fault in the driver that needs to be fixed. Make sure you have 
a bug report filed.

Rahul




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