How to run KNetworkManager

[JD]

On 06/05/2012 04:37 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Ed Greshko wrote:
>
>>> Could someone please tell me how to use KNetworkManager?
>>> I have kde-plasma-networkmanagement-0.9.0.2-1.fc16.i686
>>> installed, but I cannot find the icon nor the binary for
>>> KNetworkManager.
>>> Could someone please clue me in?
>> You're running KDE under F16, yes?
>>
>> Do you have the "System Tray" widget on your panel?  I think, by default,
>> you should see a pair of scissors, a speaker (volume control) and the
>> Network Manager icon
>> (RJ-45 connector icon).  If you have some of the icons....but not the
>> RJ-45 you can right click on the area and pick "System Tray Settings" and
>> make the changes you need to expose the network control.
> This raises an issue I've wondered about for some time, namely
> What info does NM provide, and what is provided by KNM?
> What if you don't run KNM -
> could one still access Network Management Settings, and if so how?
>
> The old system-config-network appears to have been replaced
> by something which I find completely useless.
> It only lists my ethernet interface (eth0), which I am not using.
>
> In my experience anything to do with networking on Fedora/KDE
> is utterly confusing and confused,
> compared eg with the simplicity of networking under Windows.
xfce4 desktop (and I assume gnome as well) have an icon
similar to the windows network icon (image  of two monitors
side by side). This is the nm-applet and it does work for setting
up the wireless and the wired. You right-click it and select
Edit Connections, and take it from there.