Re: Long list of MAC addresses in knetworkmanagerrc

[Timo Hoenig <thoenig suse de>]

Hi Timothy,

On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 14:14 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote:

<snip>

> [Network_Se49dWJiqc89dCCd]
> Cipher=2
> ESSID=maths.tcd.ie
> Encryption=WEP
> HardwareAddresses=02:02:2D:4A:52:80, ,3A:08:DE:53:47:2A,
> 02:00:2D:CC:03:73,FE:31:21:1D:95:16,02:00:A7:0D:89:B2,02:00:3C:4D:12:F2,
> 32:01:B3:2E:72:6A,02:00:0D:2F:23:90,02:00:F0:A4:DE:1B,02:00:B9:E6:97:59,
> 02:00:C6:5B:E8:E4,02:00:6F:62:41:DD,02:00:4A:14:64:AB,02:00:97:F5:B9:4A,
> 02:00:73:DD:5D:62,02:00:BA:77:94:C8,02:00:90:1F:BE:A0,02:00:EC:36:C2:89,
> 02:00:0F:56:21:E9,02:00:EA:78:C4:C7,02:00:6A:9C:44:23,02:00:99:49:B7:F6,
> 02:00:61:3E:4F:81,02:00:C3:0F:ED:B0,02:00:49:5E:67:E1,02:00:C8:33:E6:8C,
> 02:00:66:C2:48:7D,02:00:BA:EF:94:50,02:00:FD:41:D3:FE,02:00:6A:87:44:38,
> 02:00:0A:0D:24:B2,02:00:B4:20:9A:9F,02:00:B1:FE:9F:41,02:00:81:BB:AF:04,
> 02:00:7C:F8:52:47,02:00:C3:4D:ED:F2,02:00:84:7F:AA:C0,02:00:45:94:6B:2B,
> 02:00:72:2E:5C:91,02:00:08:7D:26:C2,02:00:D2:B2:FC:0D,02:00:DF:22:F1:9D,
> 02:00:57:62:79:DD,02:00:9A:F7:B4:48,02:00:34:54:1A:EB,02:00:0B:0D:25:B2,
> 02:00:24:9E:0A:21,02:00:AA:58:84:E7,02:00:C0:91:EE:2E,02:00:9C:02:B2:BD,
> 02:00:ED:DB:C3:64,02:00:29:B8:07:07,02:00:0D:50:23:EF,02:00:31:69:1F:D6,
> 02:00:DF:9A:F1:25,02:00:6E:D2:40:6D,02:00:1D:67:33:D8,02:00:A2:C9:8C:76,
> 02:00:C9:BB:E7:04,02:00:A3:6D:8D:D2,02:00:9A:3A:B4:85
> KeyStored=true
> Timestamp=2007,1,14,2,26,18
> Trusted=true
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> [I've split the line of addresses.]
> 
> Is this normal?

If this was a network you've been roaming [1] it is very likely to end
up with an wireless network and so many access points.  No worries.

> Can I trim the list,
> or even delete the file and start again?

Why would you want to trim the list?  Of course you can trim the list,
but if you delete the mac address of an access point, NetworkManager
will not try to associate with that access point once it is around.

And, sure, you can delete the file completely and start over if you want
to.  But the use case for that still needs to be found as you can easily
remove networks using the GUI ("Options -> Show Networks").

By the way, you can make use of the KDE NetworkManager list [2] for
KNetworkManager related questions.

   Timo

[1] Roaming
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaming

[2] kde-networkmanager list
    https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-networkmanager