On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:13:39 -0400 Ross Vandegrift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 04:09:06PM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > that's cool - though maybe it would make sense to have a general > > "network" config tool that handles modem+ppp, ethernet+pppoe, > > wireless lan, normal lan (dhcp, static ip etc.)... ? basically > > there comes a time when all network connections somehow have to > > know about eachother and interact. this does mean digging into > > lower level system configs and management of these, BUT, you want > > to be able to: > > > > 1. use wired lan UNLESS its unplugged - then use wireless LAN > > 2. if these don't work, and a phone line is attached, dial in > > 3. maybe have multiple connections up at once but route different. > > 4. modify the above preference list. > > etc. > > All that needs to be done is implement a front end to Gnome's > NetworkManager daemon and we'll get all of this for free plus VPN. > I've poked around with idea a few weekends, but unfortunately, > there's no documentation on how a client application interacts with > the daemon, only Gnome's nm-applet source code, so I don't really > have anything to show. > > Ross > Using any Gnome daemon ties in gnome dependencies... on a gentoo box that does this by default (base-layout), no way I would install an 'EFL app' that required into gnome. I would try to stick with frontends to the daemons that actually do the work, not all this automatic switching (which I really think is more trouble than its worth, generally you KNOW whether you are plugged into ethernet or not...). if you had a frontend that could bring up network (dhclient or dhcpcd), or wireless (iwconfig, or wlanconfig), and ppp (pppd), I think you would have a pretty nice application... though I'm not sure why they should be integrated, just make three nice separate apps! Daniel
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