On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 04:36, Daevid Vincent wrote:
> Is there any work being done on a GUI for setting up WiFI 802.11b
> networking? Currently, I have to manually edit and maintain a text file
> for all my WEP keys and ESSIDs, etc. I would like it to be brain-dead
> simple like it is on WindowsXP. It just detects the networks, I click
> the one I want, and it knows the key. This is useful for my home LAN vs.
> work LAN vs. coffee shops vs. bus route vs...
Although someone will likely have answered this before I can connect to
send, the Red Hat tools do in fact have most of this functionality (as
of 8.0). You can create profiles (home/work/etc.), and each network
adapter can be configured differently per profile. For more details, see
redhat-config-network in Red Hat 8.0.
HOWEVER:
1. So far my onboard Wi-Fi adapter isn't detected by the Red Hat
tool; I installed its driver separately and it works, but
isn't seen by redhat-config-network so I'm doing it by hand.
2. I find the tool's behavior rather flaky. If, for example, I boot
without a PC Card Wi-Fi adapter, my onboard Ethernet is eth0.
Then inserting the PC Card gets it recognized, categorized as
"Wireless", and assigned to eth1. On the other hand, if I boot
with the PC Card inserted, both are "Ethernet", the eth0/eth1
order is reversed, and of course neither works.
3. Configuring the redhat-config-network tool is not intuitive; I
actually had to go find and read the instructions before I got
it to work.
4. It would be gloriously nice if, to change locations, one didn't
have to: start redhat-config-network from the menu; enter the
root password; select the right profile; click Apply; click
Activate; then click close. A taskbar-based location switcher
seems to be a desperately-needed tool.
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Rodolfo J. Paiz
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