Network-Manager and 9.04

[Andrew Farris]

On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 16:43 -0400, Mike McGinn wrote:
[snip]
> I have had problems consistently with NM. I use my laptop at work, at home and 
> when I travel. At work I have a static IP address, NM does not handle that 
> well. 

I also use my laptop at home, school, work, and when traveling... never
had any issues with NM not connecting to a network. Though, I admit I
havent tried to set my laptop to have a static IP here at home. My
desktop has a static IP in NM that works just fine. 

> Wicd will auto detect and connect to wireless networks as I move around, 

NM does this for me as well. It's auto-connected me to places i didn't
even know there was wireless before.

> it auto connects to my home wireless with a static IP, 

I'll probably try the laptop w/ a static IP this weekend now.

> it auto connects to my 
> church network with DHCP, 

NM also does this by default

> it auto connects to other networks as I move around 
> - I only have to set them once and forget it.

For DHCP networks, i've never had a problem connecting, or having NM
remember WEP codes etc... if the issue is with static IPs I'll probably
find it this weekend.

> NM can do none of those for me.

It appears that we have had wholly different experiences with largely
similar situations, and I'm still at a loss as to why. however, if wicd
works for you, then thats great. Thats one of the best aspects of
software diversity IMHO... something doesn't work for you, chances are
you can find something out there that does.


-- 
Andrew
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