NetworkManager (was: Are these official fc4 iso's?)

[Michal Jaegermann]

On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 01:55:25AM -0400, David Zeuthen wrote:
> 
> Uhm, you see, NetworkManager is *specifically designed* to take over all
> networking
....
> ... , identity ESS id's, configure WEP keys, invoke DHCP

Taking into account that there exist programs for automatically
breaking WEP keys, although a considerable number of sniffed
packets is required, that does not sound like so exciting deal.
WPA should be used quite a while ago.

> I don't have to do a *single thing* and
> I get smooth animations and visual feedback on top  :-). It just works.

It is hard to figure out what are preconditions for that, as
NetworkManager carefuly avoids what could be taken for a
documentation, but when I had an opportunity to try it I have seen
only a picture of a rotating beam and _nothing_ was ever detected.
I can believe that it may work in some limited circumstances but
this is not good enough.

   Michal