NetworkManager Applet

[Chuck Anderson]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:51:42AM -0400, Christopher L Tubbs II wrote:
> However, one feature I was really looking forward to, that does not seem to 
> be in the F9 pre-release is an option in the applet to manually rescan for 
> wireless networks. Sometimes (for whatever reason), my router is not seen 
> during the first scan, and I have to restart the service to rescan for it. 
> Would be nice to have a manual rescan in the menu of the applet.

I would like this feature too.

> One other thing I noticed was that occasionally (rarely), nm-applet asks me 
> for my WPA2 password right after login, even though it is saved. Rather 
> than typing in my password, I hit cancel, and select my network from the 
> dropdown list, which it connects to perfectly fine (without password 
> request). The only thing I can assume is happening is that in these 
> circumstances, NetworkManager is trying to connect to the network too soon 
> after login, and wherever the password is stored is not yet unlocked.

Yes, this happens to me too, usually after resuming from suspend or 
hibernate.  It would be nice if there was some way NM could wait for a 
"settle period" or retry several times before giving up and putting 
up the dialog.