NetworkManager

[bigtomrodney]

I really liked this app when I first tried it. I like it a lot more now. I plugged my SUSE box into an XP box yesterday to move some data. I never bothered setting up a DHCP server or router like I normally do as this server now connects via WiFi. The XP is a dhcp client so when it didn't have it's normal connection it defaulted to a 169.x.x.x address.

I connected the two via crossover cable and NetworkManager tried to get an address. No joy obviously....but then it did something I wasn't expecting. It configured itself with an address on the same subnet as the XP box and I was instantly able to connect the two systems. It has always been easier to build a home network with Linux than Windows imho but this is just the easiest thing I've ever seen. This stuff keeps getting easier and better

[burntfuse]

NetworkManager is great, especially for laptops with a wireless card. Otherwise, connecting to a wireless network on the spot was as <sarcasm>easy</sarcasm> as opening up a root terminal and running a few iwlist and iwconfig commands. Now I can just get a menu with a list of the different networks, and it saves the encryption keys (and unlike Windows, you can enter the passphrase directly instead of typing out 300 random little characters and screwing up on the 284th).

[ImNeat]

Maybe I should give this thing a go.

I still

ifconfig eth1 up
iwlist eth1 scanning
iwconfig eth1 essid *ssid*
dhcpcd -d eth1

Anyone tried NetworkManager on Fluxbox yet?

[bigtomrodney]

I never really thought of how it would affect people on other WMs. There are only two clients that I know of and they are KNetworkmanager and nm-applet for Gnome.

Actually one criticism I have is the lack of CLI interface. I like to play with XGL/AIGLX and I use the nVidia proprietary driver.

I've borked my X server with kernel and X server upgrades so if I reboot and discover a problem (sometimes restarting the X server alone doesn't show problems) I can't connect to the internet without getting into the GUI. Either that or permanently allow access to my password keyrings to Networkmanager.

[easuter]

Finaly something that works even better than anything i've seen on windows!
I've been using wifi-radar until now, but this looks far superior.

[yourname3232]

Ever sience I used networkmanager with suse 10.1, I install it on everything I can. I must say the most useful is wireless on a laptop. It makes switching netowrks just so dang easy.