On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Marcelo M. Garcia wrote:
Hi there.
I considering to buy a laptop (Dell DS510) with FC4 to use at home, at work,
at university, etc. I remember that there was a program called "netenv" which
permits you to choose your network environment. Does anyone uses it? There is
a better alternative?
system-config-network has a notion of profiles (but must be run as root or
profile must be specified at boot time).
NetworkManager is a real whiz-bang app that detects network connections
dynamically. Plug in a cable and it switches to cable, unplug it and it
looks for wireless connections. It manages keys, allows you to select
among in-range WAPs or create an ad-hoc net, controls VPN access (using
vpnc only at the moment), controls modems (untested by me ATM) and rescans
on suspend/resume to find the new connections.
Get the one in updates-testing, which is working pretty well.
Thanks for your attention
Marcelo M. Garcia
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
