Re: [3/3] Do something with trusted networks

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 21:33 -0400, Robert Love wrote:
> Jens Lautenbacher wrote:
> 
> > I think it's problematic that whenever the need may arise to reenter
> > network information, the information that is on disk somewhere can't be
> > accessed, but must be given by hand again. Suppose I just need to change
> > the key (because of a typo or so) - I always have to reenter everything
> > again. If I had a list where I can select one of the known networks,
> > this would fill out the UI to the current values - which in turn could
> > be changed before clicking on "connect". (A UI could be a drop down
> > select menu with the default entry "New network", and all the UI in it's
> > pristine state. Selecting another known network from the drop down menu
> > would then fill in the values)
> > 
> > This could also help with another problem I have at work: They change
> > essid and key every month, forcing me to enter a new network and loosing
> > all the collected AP bssids from anywhere around the house...
> 
> We definitely need a wireless properties editor.  I don't like the 
> idea of having nm-applet provide UI for editing the entries, but we 
> should have a separate (launchable from the applet, to be sure) 
> utility for editing the stored networks.
> 
> If nothing else, we need a way to let users remove networks.

Absolutely.

Dan