Re: network configuration
Andrew Schulman wrote:
[I wrote:]
>> I think, one day, network manager will be the way to go. For now, I'll
>> have to rely on ifplugd and whereami.
>
> Whew. Linux for desktops and laptops has made enormous strides, but this
> is
> one area where it lags badly. The range of tools-- ifplugd, whereami,
> waproamd, wpasupplicant, network-manager, all of the wireless tools, and
> others that I can't even remember now-- and their interactions is simply
> baffling to me, and I'm a long-time Debian user with a moderate to high
> tolerance for complexity.
Me too. The good news is that I'm now at home on the wireless network, and
network-manager did bring up the link perfectly. So it seems to be working
fine - as far as it goes. It just doesn't actually let me configure
anything to be done when a particular connection is made, which means I
still need whereami.
>
> Fortunately, looking at the current ferment in open source tools in this
> area, I predict that in about one year, we'll have a good set of
> easy-to-use
> tools for moving between WLANs with a laptop. Linux will catch up.
Three months ago, network-manager was _completely_ unworkable in Ubuntu.
Today, it seems minimally useful. I think it's a pretty safe bet that in a
year it will be a good tool.
--
derek
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