harry guenther writes: > 1. I could not get nwam to connect to the network using a Static IP. I > searched the web got answers changed the config file etc. Still would not > connect beyond localhost though it said it was connected. > Tried Network-config for manual setup. Still no luck. Could not ping > outside world. > My impression was that standard tools were disabled in favour of a "Magic" > wizard tool. The "magic" did not work in my case. I wasted far too much > time with something that I could have achieved easily with manual connection > tools.
[...] > Yes I know I could have solved these issues with only a few hours of > effort... But I don't have those hours to waste. NWAM is a bad idea or at > least needs to offer the ability to have more control when needed. > Administrative tools for disk management, display and networking etc. need to > be available. > I was really disappointed. I guess I was expecting too much. No, you did not expect too much. NWAM is nice except when it doesn't work, as you found out the hard way. It's surprising how many people give up on the Live CD in disgust because there's no way to "just enter" the IP info. You're not alone. NWAM needs a big red button to turn it off, or better still to pop up a dialog that asks for IP, mask, and gateway. I'm sure there's a dozen RFEs already... Regards -- Volker -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volker A. Brandt Consulting and Support for Sun Solaris Brandt & Brandt Computer GmbH WWW: http://www.bb-c.de/ Am Wiesenpfad 6, 53340 Meckenheim Email: vab at bb-c.de Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Bonn, HRB 10513 Schuhgr??e: 45 Gesch?ftsf?hrer: Rainer J. H. Brandt und Volker A. Brandt
