Re: wi-fi security?
On 06 Aug 2009, Micha Feigin wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:50:29 +0100
> Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > When I installed network-manager a week ago it blocked wired access to my
> > router. I expect I could have reconfigured it in some way but it turned
> > out to be unnecessary for my purpose so I removed it and everything
> > worked normally again. This isn't an argument against using
> > network-manager, just a warning of something to look out for.
> >
>
> I guess that you setup things in /etc/network/interfaces. When using network
> manager or wicd you should not have any interfaces that you want to manage with
> them appear in /etc/network/interfaces. Also, by default they both try to use
> dhcp to setup the nic. If you use a specific address then it needs to be setup
> explicitly. They are much more useful for roaming connections (moving from wifi
> to/from wired on a laptop) and are not too useful on a desktop.
>
> > Anthony
Yes, that's correct; I do have /etc/network/interfaces set up. I don't
need either network-manager or wicd here.
Anthony
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