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Re: Best "network manager"



OoO En cette  matinée pluvieuse du lundi 18  juillet 2005, vers 10:47,
Joe Emenaker <joe@emenaker.com> disait:

>> I  would like  to determine  what is  the `best'  network  manager for
>> beginners that  need to handle both  a wireless connection  and a wire
>> one. What I seek is something like what is done in Mac OS X :
>> - if the  network cable  is plugged/unplugged,  the wire  network is
>> configured/deconfigured.
>> - a tool to choose _and_ configure the wireless network
>> 
>> A first search  lead me to ifplugd for the first  task
>> 
> Yes, ifplugd is what you'll use for your wired connection.

> For   your   wireless   one,   you'll   use   either   waproamd   or
> wpa_supplicant. 
[...]

Thanks for your  answers. One important point is  that those tools are
not for  my usage but  for beginner users.  Therefore, I guess  that a
graphical tool is  a must. If they want  to automate their connection,
then they will use tools like waproamd, guessnet or whereami.
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