On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 07:09:48PM +1030, Tim wrote:
On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 02:03 -0400, Dave Feustel wrote:
I just got the openSUSE 11 Bible and looked immediately for info on NetworkManager, which I found on page 440. There is stated that NM is primarily for wireless, while traditional network configuration should be used for wired networks. Since I have a wired system, NM is probably not right for me.
You don't have to. If your network is working fine, using it, then you may as well keep on using it. It's key feature isn't really just wireless, but in handling using different networks (allegedly) painlessly.
The network initialization stopped working on its own some time ago. I have to start it manually now and both Firefox and Liferea come up in off-line mode. My network is and will remain wireless, so I want to go back to no NetworkManager.
e.g. Now you plug into your home LAN, later you plug into someone else's LAN, and you might use wireless, later on. With all that you have to do is just plug in, or get close to the wireless, and not have to select or reconfigure anything to use the different network.