Re: Testing netapplet
Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> If the reason one has to run iwconfig is that he has moved from
> one wireless network to another then in general he has to
> reconfigure the network interface too. However, I agree with
> you that these two kinds of reconfiguration are best kept
> separate. First reconfigure the wireless card with iwconfig,
> then reconfigure the network interface with ifdown and ifup.
In most cases it's just a matter of re-dhcping, but yes.
> The simplest approach may be for one instance of netapplet to control
> one physical interface. Then to control multiple physical interfaces
> one puts multiple instances of netapplet on the toolbar. This is how
> I use the "modem lights" applet: I have two instances of the applet,
> one that creates interface ppp0 and uses my laptop's built-in modem
> and one that creates ppp1 and uses my PCMCIA modem.
That would diverge somewhat further from upstream. We'll see how it
goes. Providing both sets of functionality wouldn't be too difficult.
> If netapplet is going to look for the "creates" option then this
> should be documented somewhere and ifupdown should be modified so
> that it enforces the option. (That is, ifup should refuse to
> configure as the logical interface in question any physical
> interface other than the one named in the argument of the "creates"
> option.) This can be arranged, I think, but we should discuss
> this first on debian-devel; maybe others have better ideas. I
> will post a new message under a different subject heading.
No problem.
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