Re: ModemManager vs NetworkManager (and the overlap of functionality) : Best Practices

2023-03-15 Thread Aleksander Morgado
On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 2:09 PM Peter Naulls wrote: > > On 3/13/23 08:34, Robert Colvin wrote: > > > but this leaves me with more questions than answers (after playing for a > > while) > > > > As I understood it, NM was responsible for managing the modem itself, > > whereas MM would handle tasks

Re: ModemManager vs NetworkManager (and the overlap of functionality) : Best Practices

2023-03-15 Thread Aleksander Morgado
> > As I understood it, NM was responsible for managing the modem itself, whereas > MM would handle tasks like automatically failing over a wireless network to a > cellular connection - but would rely on NM to manage the interface to the > modem. But in this "simple" task there is some overlap/g

Re: ModemManager vs NetworkManager (and the overlap of functionality) : Best Practices

2023-03-13 Thread Robert Colvin
Cheers Peter "its complicated" is an understatement! and that is not a dig at either NM or MM... Telco is complicated by nature - NM and MM attempt to simplify, but there is a compromise in that you need to give up some flexibility and configurability. to be honest, 99% of the time I am workin

Re: ModemManager vs NetworkManager (and the overlap of functionality) : Best Practices

2023-03-13 Thread Peter Naulls
On 3/13/23 08:34, Robert Colvin wrote: but this leaves me with more questions than answers (after playing for a while) As I understood it, NM was responsible for managing the modem itself, whereas MM would handle tasks like automatically failing over a wireless network to a cellular connection

ModemManager vs NetworkManager (and the overlap of functionality) : Best Practices

2023-03-13 Thread Robert Colvin
Hi! Firstly, I don't believe this topic is handled in the documentation for either Modem Manager or Network Manager, but if it is I apologise and humbly request to be pointed in the right direction. I have looked through https://modemmanager.org/docs/ (FAQ, ModemManager, the lib* manuals and co