[ltp] Re: Managing network connections

[G. David Atkins II]

On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 12:19 -0400, Shannon McMackin wrote:
> Mario Limonciello wrote:
> > James Knott wrote:
> . . .
> > I don't believe he is referring to KWifiManager.  This is what is being 
> > referred to: http://people.redhat.com/dcbw/NetworkManager/
> Red Hat uses NetworkManager and 
> NetworkManager-gnome for it's MS-like network tool.  The version that 
> comes with FC4 works very well for wireless and wired connections.

I actually wrote a java applet to do all this, and I have found that
NetworkManager works better across the board.

To use network manager, do the following:
        1. Enable the NetworkManager service
                sudo chkconfig NetworkManager on
        2. Enable the NetworkManagerDispatcher service
                sudo chkconfig NetworkManagerDispatcher on
        3. Run the NetoworkManagerInfo applet in your Gnome desktop, and
        save as a part of your session.
                a. Login
                b. Use Alt+F2 to run: NetworkManagerInfo
                c. Logout and save settings

The applet lists all available networks (wired and wireless), and
whether they're encrypted.
NetworkManager prefers the wired network. It only connects to wireless
networks when one is selected from the applet.
It will remember the wireless key associated with each SSID.

D.