Re: So very close, but so frustrating...

[Steve <sjh_ubuntu shic co uk>]

Dan Williams wrote:
> Correct; I may just get bored enough today triaging bugs to go implement
> DUN in 0.8.  That opens up a huge number of cellphones, which will
> inevitably lead to even more bugs since there's much more phone
> variation than in the relatively small data card space.  Oh well; it
> would help a lot of people out.
>   
It seems odd to be replying here using DUN via bluetooth to my phone 
from version 0.7.0.100... that said, having to tell Blueman that my 
phone has DUN capabilities every time I want to connect is klunky - and 
any improvement there would certainly be appreciated.  My objective is 
to be able to just turn on my netbook just-about anywhere and access my 
secure email without much thought about how I'm connected.

Aside from issues with phone connectivity, I've experienced a few minor 
glitches with NetworkManager's OpenVPN support (or maybe VPN support  in 
general...) For example, today I found that connections to my vpn failed 
- and on reviewing the client configuration, I found the "VPN" tab 
missing.  After deleting the configuration and re-entering the details, 
it worked again... but on trying to export my configuration, it fails 
"Error: unknown error" - perhaps newer versions resolve this?   I'm also 
finding the "connect automatically" doesn't reconnect me if I change 
WAP, or if I wake my netbook from hibernation.

I feel as if I'm being an ungrateful user - but it strikes me that solid 
support for mobile connectivity is the sort of killer-feature that makes 
or breaks an environment, on a mobile device, from a perspective of 
productivity. NetworkManager is much better than the command-line, but 
with what look, to me, like fairly simple improvements... It could be so 
much better... the obvious goal is to allow a device to seamlessly, 
automatically, switch between physical networks allowing the user to 
ignore all details about connectivity and know that the 'best' 
medium/route will always be used.