Re: nm-0.7 vs network-admin

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 16:55 +0100, Fanen Ahua wrote:
> I mean that disabling network-manager via the applet's context menu
> powers off the wireless device, just like pressing the kill switch. The
> wireless device's LED goes off.

That's exactly what unchecking "Enable wireless" is supposed to do,
disable your wireless device to save power and stop transmitting.  I
don't think that menu item is what you're looking for.

Dan

> 
> Fanen Ahua
> Random quote: Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate. -- Thomas
> Jones 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 11:06 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> > On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 16:16 +0100, Fanen Ahua wrote:
> > > Just a small puzzle I'm having a hard time resolving sanely. It has to
> > > do with wireless, and the new network-manager. Powering off the
> > > wireless device when you disable network-manager makes it rather
> > > impossible to use "network-admin" with your wireless device, at least
> > > on my Ubuntu Hardy system.
> > 
> > What do you mean by "powering off" the wireless device?  Do you mean
> > removing the IP addresses and routes assigned to the device when NM
> > stops, or something else?
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
> > > Does anyone know how this could be worked around?
> > > 
> > > Fanen Ahua
> > > Random quote: Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now --
> > > always. -- Albert Schweitzer 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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