2010/1/26 Cian Masterson <cian.master...@gmail.com>

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> 2010/1/26 Dan Williams <d...@redhat.com>
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>> I was generally moving towards just an applet-like CLI client, and since
>> people that want to use a CLI for that sort of stuff will obviously be
>> familiar with CLI-based configuration, they will certainly be expected
>> to know how to configure either keyfiles or their distro config files.
>> I don't think we really need a CLI nm-connection-editor at all.
>>
>> Dan
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> For me one of the huge benefits of NM is in dealing with 3G dongles.  I
> particularly like the interactive way you select country and it prompts you
> for networks, select network and it prompts you for billing option etc.
> etc.  I don't need to worry about the APN, any strange network-specific
> settings, or indeed device-specific settings.
>
> Would your envisaged CLI solution take care of that or would we need to
> manually add APN settings and whatnot to config files?  I think a CLI
> interface would be a great idea, but if it doesn't carry over the
> easy-to-use aspect of NM it would be a shame.
>

there is cnetworkmanager http://vidner.net/martin/software/cnetworkmanager/
i haven't tried it personally. you might give it a try and see if it fits
your needs.

-- 
dott. ing. beso
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