Network Manager

[ChangeModeKernel]

Hi,

It came through the build system last night see 
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-October/msg00673.html
So it should be arriving to a mirror near your in the next several hours.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amitabha Roy [mailto:royab at bc.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 01:33 PM
> To: 'For testers of Fedora Core development releases'
> Subject: Re: Network Manager
> 
> Dan:
> 
> 0.2-4 is not yet available on rawhide is it ? As of last night.  I am 
> looking at the development tree.
> Is there somewhere else I should be looking ?
> 
> Amitabha
> 
> Dan Williams wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 14:04 -0400, Amitabha Roy wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Hello:
> >>
> >>What exactly is Network Manager supposed to do ? I  started NM as a 
> >>service from system-config-services,
> >>it is running. However, the wireless applet  on gnome-panel shows no 
> >>networks and all options are grayed out (on right click).
> >>And it says that there are no network devices, which is wrong, since I 
> >>am using an integrated WIFI card which is working.
> >>Is there an alternate user interface to access the Network Manager ?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I would suggest upgrading to the latest NetworkManager in Rawhide,
> >NetworkManager-0.2-4.  This is much improved, and the applet is a
> >notification icon now rather than an actual panel applet.
> >
> >To access the UI of NetworkManager, you have to run a user-side daemon
> >called "NetworkManagerInfo".  This should be added to your session, or
> >you can start it up from a terminal.  This daemon controls the life of
> >the panel applet, and also feeds user preferences to NetworkManager.
> >
> >So it should be like this:
> >1) NetworkManager service gets started
> >2) NetworkManagerInfo gets started at login-time (must be started after
> >NetworkManager, otherwise it exits by design)
> >3) NMI will automatically add the applet to your panel
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Does NM have the ability to pick up a wireless network in a location 
> >>(that has many wireless networks) based on what the user
> >>chose the last time around ? I know that Windows does this even for 
> >>non-broadcast essid networks, correctly choosing my non-broadcast ssid home
> >>network over my neighbours' broadcast members after the first time I 
> >>choose it over the others. This functionality would be very nice
> >>for my linux laptop.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >NetworkManager currently does not work with non-broadcasting APs.  This
> >will get fixed soon.  In any case, NetworkManager will attempt to
> >connect to any access point you have previously chosen from the panel
> >applet's menu, and it will pick the last one you chose from that menu,
> >even across reboots (that info is stored in GConf).
> >
> >Dan
> >
> >  
> >
> 
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