Re: What about modems (winmodems/serial)?

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 17:36 +0200, Peteris Krisjanis wrote:
> Hi people,
> 
> Ubuntu has now chosen NM 0.7 as default network management point.
> However, there is regression in Ubuntu as you can't configure ppp
> devices anymore via GUI.

Not that you could really do so before with NM; it just called out to
system scripts.  So you can achieve the same functionality by going to
the network control panel and activating the connection there with NM
even being involved.  The Dialup menu was simply a short-cut for that.

> So question is - is there any plans to add support for old style
> modems to NM? If yes, how and when? Thanks for any strip of
> information in advance,

Yes, there are plans to do this in the future, but it's a ways off.

Dan