Andrew Schulman wrote: [I wrote:] >> I think, one day, network manager will be the way to go. For now, I'll >> have to rely on ifplugd and whereami. > > Whew. Linux for desktops and laptops has made enormous strides, but this > is > one area where it lags badly. The range of tools-- ifplugd, whereami, > waproamd, wpasupplicant, network-manager, all of the wireless tools, and > others that I can't even remember now-- and their interactions is simply > baffling to me, and I'm a long-time Debian user with a moderate to high > tolerance for complexity.
Me too. The good news is that I'm now at home on the wireless network, and network-manager did bring up the link perfectly. So it seems to be working fine - as far as it goes. It just doesn't actually let me configure anything to be done when a particular connection is made, which means I still need whereami. > > Fortunately, looking at the current ferment in open source tools in this > area, I predict that in about one year, we'll have a good set of > easy-to-use > tools for moving between WLANs with a laptop. Linux will catch up. Three months ago, network-manager was _completely_ unworkable in Ubuntu. Today, it seems minimally useful. I think it's a pretty safe bet that in a year it will be a good tool. -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
