On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 08:56 +0200, Florian La Roche wrote:
> What NetworkManager does, in essence, is that if you have a
wired
> ethernet link it dhcp's it, and if you don't it lets you choose a
> wireless essid from any that are available, and also specify the
> encryption key etc., then dhcp's that. It could be extended to let you
> provide a static IP config in a similar way to the wireless info.
> If you plug/unplug the network cable then NetworkManager dynamically
> moves between wired and wireless. Hopefully I got that right, I'm sure
> Dan will correct me if not.
This could also be combined with system-config-network or should this really
go in a separate application?
NetworkManager isn't really an application, it's a daemon. The UI for it
is a panel applet and some dialogs rather than something you launch
explicitly.
We do think this is the right UI for the typical desktop case though, s-
c-network should probably tend more in the direction of sysadmin use
cases.
Havoc