On Thursday 04 January 2007 8:59 pm, Bill Nottingham wrote:
Mauricio Teixeira (netmask) (netmask(a)webset.net) said:
> #1 - Having some *very* easy way to switch between NetworkManager and
> regular 'ifup'. I know SUSE has something similar: you just go into
> their network configuration tool and select a radio box (Use NM / Use
> ifup). It would be cool for laptop users that roam a lot (like me). If
> there is nobody available to work on that, I would be glad to if you
> point me the directions on whom should I coordinate with.
I'm not sure this is the right answer - it's certainly the wrong
question to be asking the user in general. For the cases that NM hits
now, we'd want to fix any cases that would cause people to want to switch
to ifup, at least.
I think the right Answer is to make NM cover all cases. where
you don't need
to go to other tools. I use entirely NM. but i could see instances where
i need to choose between multiple static wired configs that NM may not be
the easiest tool to use.
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Dennis Gilmore, RHCE
Proud Australian