On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 12:01 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > John Summerfield wrote: > > Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > > >> NM is a daemon that was originally designed to manage wireless > >> networks on a laptop. Why would you want a command line interface for > >> that? As it > > > > You asking me? I tend to use my laptop the same way I used my desktop. I > > run 12 virtual terminals on each, and do a good deal of work at the > > commandline. > > No. I wasn't asking you. One part of my answer would have been essentially the same. The only difference to a stationary machine (desktop and servers) is my laptop _also_ being used "mobile". The other half: NM initial design is irrelevant when wanting to deploy it as a general network management tool. Ralf