Re: Headless version for routers...

[John Mahoney <jmahoney waav com>]

2009/7/18 Rui Tiago Cação Matos <tiagomatos gmail com>

2009/7/18 Ed W <lists wildgooses com>:

> Hi, I have a need for some powerful dialup logic for use with a router box
> which will pick the best available network from a 3G datacard, wifi
> connection, ethernet connection and also offer a dial-on-demand ppp dialup
> link if nothing else works.  (Ideally also the datacard will change priority
> depending on what network we are roaming too and how fast it's getting a
> connection)
>
> network-manager looks like a very interesting option for this, although
> currently it appears to only work in a GUI mode?  How's this likely to
> change going forward?
>
> (Additional problem is that I have so far not been successful getting dbus
> to build under uclibc...)
>
> Thanks for a heads up on where the project is going with regards to a
> gui-less version

Read Dan's blog:
http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2009/06/25/networkmanager-and-connman/

Rui

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That is good reading, but it really does not directly answer the question.  I believe the short answer is no there is not a current method to run NM 100% headless and do everything you want to do.  The closest attempt at a headless implementation appears to be cnetworkmanager which is written in Python.  Cnetworkmanager currently appears to do most configuration settings for ethernet and wifi.  Also, I do not believe NM supports dial-up ppp, but I may be wrong.

If anyone knows about a headless implementation I would love to know about how people are doing so.

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John