Re: Is this the way NM should work?

[Gene Czarcinski <gene czarc net>]

On Tuesday 13 May 2008 18:02:11 Dan Williams wrote:
> > Sorry f8:
> > [root eagle ~]# cat /etc/system-release
> > Fedora release 8 (Werewolf)
> > [root eagle ~]# rpm -q NetworkManager
> > NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.6.7.svn3370.fc8
> > NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.6.7.svn3370.fc8
>
> Right, 3370 brings the multiple device support to F8.

I am missing something here and do not understand your answer.  What do you 
consider "multiple device support"?

With F9 and NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.9.3.svn3623.fc9.x86_64, both the wired and 
the wireless interfaces are enabled even though they BOTH are on the same 
(sub) network [and NOT the way I would like to see things work with both a 
wired and a wireless NIC available].

With f8 and NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.6.7.svn3370.fc8, plugging in the wired 
connection will DISABLE the wireless connection.  Conversely, unplugging the 
wired connection will disable the wired connection and (re)ENABLE the 
wireless connection [and IS the way I would like to see things work with both 
a wired and a wireless NIC available].

However, in other cases on systems with multiple wired NICs, I want them all 
enabled ... if such a system had a wireless NIC also, then I may or may not 
want it enabled and would need to disable wireless in NM via the applet if it 
was not wanted.

I understand that you are trying, with NetworkManager, to "just do the right 
thing" and keep things simple for the user.  Nevertheless, there may be 
hardware configurations where "the right thing" is not clear ... e.g., a 
laptop with multiple wireless NICs (which I can easily create) ... here my 
question is if there enough "knobs and switches" to allow such corner cases 
to be adequately handled.

-- 
Gene