3. If so, is it possible to use NM in conjunction with an ifup/down script fired from a suitable applet?What do you mean here? Same as in question 4?4. Would it be a good idea/possible to have an option in NM to use a custom script for this type of situation?You mean starting a script to use another wpa_supplicant with config fired up from the ifup/ifdown scripts integrated in NetworkManagerDispatcher? I never tried this. Not sure what happen if two version of wpa_supplicant are running. The one form nm and the one from your custom script. regards Stefan Schmidt
Thanks very much for your prompt reply. You have answered Question 3 to Question 4. Q4 was meant to be rather like the post following mine from Zach Tibbitts - i.e. could we have a temporary workaround for this situation a) to allow our users to use NM for all connections, and b) so that you guys are not always having to play catch-up with what is happening in wpa-supplicant? Is it worth me saying to the user: when connecting to uni network (i.e. one requiring unsupported modes), select "no Network" in NM and then run this script? Or will that still start two wpa_supplicants? Charles Whittington //