On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 14:21 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I see that there is a proposal to make NM (Network Manager) > a standard feature of Fedora-8, replacing system-config-network > in its various forms. > > I don't think this is a good idea. > NM does not work with my Orinoco PCMCIA classic gold card. > It sends out a message saying something like "Get a better card". > Basically, I believe the Orinoco card does not support > the kind of scanning that NM uses. > > The Orinoco card has an exceptionally good antenna - > much better than any other PCMCIA or USB WiFi device I have tried. > The card works perfectly without NM, > and NM doesn't really offer anything I need. > > I realize that NM works perfectly for many people, > and it is fine to offer it as a package, even a recommended one. > But the alternatives should not be removed. > > I actually think NM tries to do far too much. > I don't seen any advantage in software that deals with WiFi > and ethernet together. > (NM seems to try to work with Bluetooth also.) > As Ken Thompson said, "A program should do one thing, > and do that well". > > In my experience, WiFi is already complicated enough. > If it works it is fine; > but if it doesn't it is rather difficult to work out > what is wrong. > I don't think system-config-network (or its GUI variants) > is very good, but at least it is along the right lines. > I wish some effort could be put into improving this. For now there is another big reason not to distribute NM exclusively. Currently it does not deal with machines with a fixed ip. I owuld be against throwing out system-config-network. -- ======================================================================= Surprise due today. Also the rent. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
