On Sun, 2007-07-15 at 11:15 -0700, Daniel Patterson wrote:
> 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! 

Exalt allow you to do that, but Exalt doesn't support ppp and pppoe and
it's not a daemon, you need to be super-user.
http://www.e17-stuff.org/content/show.php/Exalt?content=62069&PHPSESSID=e1c4aee244b64fe09fe2e3b41cf4e600
:)

> 
> Daniel
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