On 21 Dec 2009, at 16:39, Volker A. Brandt wrote:

> 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...

FYI, NWAM Phase 1, which is due to integrate in b135 (IIRC), offers a much 
extended GUI that includes the ability to enter static IP info.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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