The best approach to change network configuration from applications.

2008-10-09 Thread Nicola Mfb
I'm trying to write a test application that should change the network configuration with a gui, what's the best approach? Manually change /etc/network/interfaces? a wrapper library to do that? dbus api call? Regards Nicola ___ Openmoko community

Re: The best approach to change network configuration from applications.

2008-10-09 Thread Alastair Johnson
Nicola Mfb wrote: 2008/10/9 Alastair Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Nicola Mfb wrote: I'm trying to write a test application that should change the network configuration with a gui, what's the best approach? Manually change

Re: The best approach to change network configuration from applications.

2008-10-09 Thread Nicola Mfb
2008/10/9 Alastair Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nicola Mfb wrote: I'm trying to write a test application that should change the network configuration with a gui, what's the best approach? Manually change /etc/network/interfaces? a wrapper library to do that? dbus api call? That depends on

Re: The best approach to change network configuration from applications.

2008-10-09 Thread Alastair Johnson
Nicola Mfb wrote: I'm trying to write a test application that should change the network configuration with a gui, what's the best approach? Manually change /etc/network/interfaces? a wrapper library to do that? dbus api call? That depends on which distro you're using, and how complete its

Re: The best approach to change network configuration from applications.

2008-10-09 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
Am Donnerstag, den 09.10.2008, 11:24 +0200 schrieb Nicola Mfb: I'm trying to write a test application that should change the network configuration with a gui, what's the best approach? Manually change /etc/network/interfaces? a wrapper library to do that? dbus api call? Networking is on scope

Re: The best approach to change network configuration from applications.

2008-10-09 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
Hi Michele, reading you message you told that in a future is possible that fso framework will manage network interface too. Is correct to think that I can use the fso dbus interface to manage wireless? DBus yes. At this point of time it's still unclear how much FSO will have to do on their