config network-manager

[Shannon McMackin]

On 06/05/2009 10:15 AM, François Patte wrote:
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> Bonjour,
>
> I know! Network-manager takes care of you and thinks for you.... and
> there is no reason why you may want to configure it.
>
> Anyway, at home I have my network with cables, switch and server and I
> *want* to connect my laptop on it but there are so many "free" wifi
> around than network-manager, without any question, chooses to connect
> first my computer to the Internet using my neighbour wifi.....
>
> How can change this and definitely tell network-manager that it can
> connect to a wifi *only if I ask it to do so!*
>
> Thanks for helping.
>
> - --
> François Patte
> UFR de mathématiques et informatique
> Université Paris Descartes
> 45, rue des Saints Pères
> F-75270 Paris Cedex 06
> Tél. +33 (0)1 4286 2145
> http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
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If you right-click on the NM applet icon, you can choose to disable 
wireless while at home.  Then it will only process your wired connections.