On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 16:54 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote: > IMNSHO it would be much better to store this information globally so that NM > can > choose from pre-defined networks before the user is logged in. This certainly > works fine for WEP or unprotected networks, and even for shared-key WPA > networks. It might not work as well for interactive 802.1x authentication...
I can see an argument for _also_ storing a set of wireless networks globally, but the keys and the preferred networks are definitely per-user. At first I disliked this decision, too, but it definitely makes sense. > Even Windows will setup the network before the login process, assuming the > wireless network was configured a priori! How could Windows get something > right and Linux not? Are you serious? ;-) FWIW, Mac OS X won't connect via wireless until you log in. Robert Love _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list