Re: network configuration
fredag 21 april 2006 19:01 skrev Derek Broughton:
> >> hi all
> >> i'd like to know if there is some GUI in KDE 3.3 that lets me
> >> reconfigure the eth0 network interface each time i move from a network
> >> to another one, to set up again IP address, gateway ecc...
> >
> > network-manager is what I would recommend, but it has just barely become
> > available in unstable, and if you want the kde applet, it is only
> > available as an ubuntu package.
>
> Is that really working? I tried it some time ago, and it was essentially
> non-funtional - but it looked promising.
Well. At least it does automatic dhcp configuration on my laptop for
my 'wired' network card, with a completely empty /etc/network/interfaces
(except for the loopback interface). And the kde applet shows a message when
you pull out the cable and insert it again. So that part works.
However the applet can't seem to actually locate any of the information for
neither the wired network card or the Intel Pro Wireless 2200 card, so you
can't actually do anything useful with the applet. It only displays the
message when you pull out or insert a network cable.
Thus I can't configure the wireless network, which was the primary purpose for
installing network-manager. I suspect the problem is that the ipw2200 module
which comes with the stock debian kernel is simply too old. But if I wanted
to replace it I would have to roll my own kernel. That's what I used to do on
my old laptop, but using stock has worked for me so far, so I would rather
avoid having to compile my own kernel.
For now I guess I will have to live with a network cable plugged in while
using linux.
Anders
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