Re: Request for ergonomy feature

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 23:00 +0200, Michael Trunner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I had a very similar idea. If I have choose a network it shouldn't
> switch to another when the my goes off. Because everyday when my own
> network is to faraway nm switch to the network of my neighbour. In this
> case nm shouldn't  search for other networks. I think a checkbox "search
> for networks" would be nice.

If you don't want to associate with your neighbors network, remove it
from GConf.  You connected to it once upon a time, which is why NM is
trying now.  Granted, there should be a nice way to remove cached
networks, but having a checkbox for scanning is not the solution.

Dan

> Bye
> 
> Michael
> 
> Am Mittwoch, den 02.05.2007, 19:12 +0300 schrieb Joan Moreau:
> > The point is not to do it by oneself or by the pc, but one may click 
> > several time on the icon to see the status of the discovery which 
> > trigger a new search and that does not end , while having to click once 
> > on a button let people be able to see the current list of network 
> > without "risking" to trigger a new search.
> > 
> > 
> > Christopher Aillon wrote:
> > > Greg Oliver wrote:
> > >   
> > >> On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 09:08 +0200, Soren Hansen wrote:
> > >>     
> > >>> Could one of you perhaps explain to me why you want to do something
> > >>> manually that network-manager does for you automatically? I don't quite
> > >>> get it.
> > >>>       
> > >> Honestly, so my LED does not blink repeatedly
> > >>     
> > >
> > > You'll have others blinking anyway.  Hard disk, etc.
> > >
> > >   
> > >> - as well as go back to a
> > >> previous request to have wired/wireless active simultaneously (I know
> > >> thats coming).  In that situation, that would be most pleasant.  My
> > >> radio would not be scanning constantly when I do not need it and I could
> > >> scan when I want them both on.
> > >>     
> > >
> > > And if your wired ever dies out?  Or if you need to move for some reason 
> > > and need to unplug?  Do you want NetworkManager to just sit there for 
> > > you to realize what happened, then click the applet, then click perform 
> > > scan, wait for a few seconds, figure out which Network, and then connect 
> > > you to wireless?
> > >
> > > Personally, I'd rather my music stream keep on playing.  The whole point 
> > > of NetworkManager is to do the work for you.  People that don't want it 
> > > to do the work still have iwconfig/iwlist.
> > >
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