On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 08:56 +0200, Florian La Roche wrote: > > What NetworkManager does, in essence, is that if you have a wired > > ethernet link it dhcp's it, and if you don't it lets you choose a > > wireless essid from any that are available, and also specify the > > encryption key etc., then dhcp's that. It could be extended to let you > > provide a static IP config in a similar way to the wireless info. > > If you plug/unplug the network cable then NetworkManager dynamically > > moves between wired and wireless. Hopefully I got that right, I'm sure > > Dan will correct me if not. > > This could also be combined with system-config-network or should this really > go in a separate application? NetworkManager isn't really an application, it's a daemon. The UI for it is a panel applet and some dialogs rather than something you launch explicitly. We do think this is the right UI for the typical desktop case though, s- c-network should probably tend more in the direction of sysadmin use cases. Havoc
