On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 12:57 -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 09:34 +0100, Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:
> > El Martes, 19 de Febrero de 2008 20:17, Arthur Pemberton escribió:
> > >
> > > I simply don't use NetworkManager on ethernet connections if I don't
> > > have the time to do troubleshooting.
> >
> > You hit the nail on the head
>
> This begs the question, what the hell is it good for? Maybe it would be
> better to jerk the thing out by the roots like a Mandrake, kicking and
> screaming, and be done with it. I dinked with all of my NFS mounts in my
> localnet until I broke everything, on all of my machines, REAL GOOD(tm)!
> Then I found the wonky eth0 address on my server. I appreciate being on
> the cutting edge, I just abhor getting an ass-beating to something
> mission critical like everyday networking.
It's just fine for managing wireless connections on a laptop or for
connecting to a wire network where DHCP provides the addresses. It
needs some work to be a universal tool for network connectivity, but
that's underway. I've encountered a few irritating little bugs, but the
only showstopper was a driver problem that prevented connection to a
network with a hidden SSID.
>
> My first fear was that I was root-kitted via my stinking 56k modem, that
> only runs reliably at 28.8, and that someone had way too much time on
> their hands! <grimaces> Ric
>
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Mathematical Sciences
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http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
