On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Jim Philips <briarpatch.jim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I didn't do anything with Network Manager at the beginning, nor was I > prompted to. Shouldn't there have been a wizard to lead me through settings? > By the way, things all work with my wired connection now. Haven't gotten > wireless working yet. Need another test. >From the F14 User Guide: 7.1. The Network Manager Applet Network Manager has been the default network configuration application for the GNOME desktop since Fedora 11. This application can be used to configure a wide variety of network devices and connections that allow you to access the Internet. Network Manager is used to configure all your network connections from wired to wireless network as well as xDSL, VPN, and mobile broadband with extend support for Bluetooth DUN. And if you don't know about DNS, DHCP or pppoe, Network Manager does it all for you. If you use your computer at home, and have an xDSL connection that is already working, you do not need to configure anything. Just connect to the wired network. With a wireless or broadband connection, the steps needed to setup them are simple and easy to do, just a few clicks and fill in your personal information. Network Manager executes automatically when you start your session and it is visible in GNOME as the nm-applet icon on the top right of the desktop. If you move the mouse over it, it shows the active connection. Left-clicking on the icon provides a context sensitive menu divided in three sections. The first section shows the active connection or connections along with an option to Disconnect The second section views the other available connections. Switch to one of them with a simple click and the previous one closes automatically. The VPN Connections submenu provides option to configure or disconnect to a VPN. Right clicking on the nm-applet show another context sensitive menu that allows you to Enable Networking and if available Enable Wireless or Enable Mobile Broadband. You can also Enable Notifications as well as view the Connection Information or Edit Connections... When editing connections, Network Manager opens in a new window, in which you configure the network devices and connections. The About option provides information about the project and the people that created the application, with a link to the Project Web-Site . Just like its GNOME counterpart, KDE provides an applet interface for NetworkManager, known as KNetworkManager. This application development was started by Novell and provides an integrated QT-based experience with similar usage and configuration as its GNOME counterpart, nm-applet. >From the F14 Deployment Guide: Chapter 5. Network Configuration NetworkManager is a dynamic network control and configuration system that attempts to keep network devices and connections up and active when they are available. NetworkManager consists of a core daemon, a GNOME Notification Area applet that provides network status information, and graphical configuration tools that can create, edit and remove connections and interfaces. NetworkManager can be used to configure the following types of connections: Ethernet, wireless, mobile broadband (such as cellular 3G), and DSL and PPPoE (Point-to-Point over Ethernet). In addition, NetworkManager allows for the configuration of network aliases, static routes, DNS information and VPN connections, as well as many connection-specific parameters. Finally, NetworkManager provides a rich API via D-Bus which allows applications to query and control network configuration and state. Previous versions of Fedora shipped with the Network Administration Tool, which was commonly known as system-config-network after its command line invocation. In Fedora 14, NetworkManager replaces the former Network Administration Tool while providing enhanced functionality, such as user-specific and mobile broadband configuration. It is also possible to configure the network in Fedora 14 by editing interface configuration files; refer to Chapter 4, Network Interfaces for more information. NetworkManager may be installed by default on Fedora. To ensure that it is, first run the following command as the root user: ~]# yum install NetworkManager 5.1. The NetworkManager Daemon The NetworkManager daemon runs with root privileges and is usually configured to start up at boot time. You can determine whether the NetworkManager daemon is running by entering this command as root: ~]# service NetworkManager status NetworkManager (pid 1527) is running... The service command will report NetworkManager is stopped if the NetworkManager service is not running. To start it for the current session: ~]# service NetworkManager start Run the chkconfig command to ensure that NetworkManager starts up every time the system boots: ~]# chkconfig NetworkManager on For more information on starting, stopping and managing services and runlevels, refer to Chapter 7, Controlling Access to Services. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
