On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 13:02 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > > Also check out "Applications -> System Tools -> Network Device Control" > > and "Applications -> System Settings -> Network". This is a perfect > > application for network profiles. There's a good intro at > > www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/network_profiles.shtml. > > In my (limited) experience these applications do not work properly, > at least in KDE. > (Files that should be copied are linked.) > Links make it so a single change is seen everywhere. copies make it so EACH copy must be updated or the problem you see happens. Links are simple to manage, copies quickly become a nightmare for the administrator. > Also, it is not clear to me why there are applications > apparently doing the same job in 2 different places (as above). > > And it is not clear whether one is altering an "interface" or a "profile". > > The basic idea of profiles seems quite nice, > but its implementation leaves a lot to be desired. > > Unfortunately NetworkManager, which presumably is meant to replace profiles, > seems even worse. > I don't know about NetworkManager. > -- > Timothy Murphy > e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland >
