NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.6.7: Something really improved. Do you see it too?
max bianco
maximilianbianco at gmail.com
Tue Apr 29 18:50:54 UTC 2008
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Paul Johnson <pauljohn32 at gmail.com> wrote:
> When yum installed this yesterday,
> NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.6.7.svn3370.fc8
> I didn't really expect much change.
>
> But there is a significant improvement in 2 areas. I wasn't looking
> for this, but the change was so substantial it was hard to miss.
> First, in locations where it used to take a long time for the system
> to get an IP address from a router--some coffee shops have been
> trouble for unknown reasons--now i get an IP address right away.
> Second, on my home network, where I did not have trouble getting an IP
> number, the wireless seems much faster. I'd say that running X11
> applications on my home server and displaying to the laptop via ssh
> is about 40% faster.
>
> This system is a Dell Latitude D820 with the Intel IPW3945. I'm using
> the kernel's iwl3945 driver, as I have been for about 6 weeks. The
> kernel has not been updated for a week and a half or so, the version
> is kernel-2.6.24.4-64.fc8.
>
> In case you work on NetworkManager, I say "good job." In case you
> say, "what the hell is he talking about," here is an example from
> messages from last week. I'm trying to join an open nonencrypted
> network "sbhsd Yello Sub", which is the world's greatest sandwich
> restaurant.
Those subs are tasty all right. I had forgotten about that place, I
haven't been to Lawrence in years, is Quintons still there , down on
the end of Mass. St.?
Max
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