Re: Request for ergonomy feature

["Joan B. Moreau" <joan moreau m4x org>]

hello,

If we have to go into the console to delete some configuration file, the
whole point of the applet is over (confort for the users, otherwise,
iwconfig works always ;-)

What is the decision about the "menu item"  to scan for new networks
rather than triggering the scan when the user click on the applet ?

THanks

Joan

Michael Trunner wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 02.05.2007, 17:39 -0400 schrieb Dan Williams:
>   
>> 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.
>>
>>     
>
> Hmm okay, but I have a similar problem on my University. There is one
> for the complete campus (VPN) and one for special buildings with eap
> which I prefer. But sometimes it switch like at home. Deleting the gconf
> entry is okay for the problem with my neighbours. But not for my problem
> one the university, because when I leave the building (so there is no
> eap conncetion) then I'm using the campus WLAN and the gconf entry is
> back.
> Maybe some one have a good idea for this problem.
>
> Michael
>
>
>
>   
>> 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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