On Sat, 2011-02-26 at 15:09 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I'm running NetworkManager on my Thinkpad T60 > (Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG controller, iwl3945 driver) > and it works fine under Fedora/KDE, > but I find the user interface almost completely unintelligible. > > If I left click on the NM icon in the panel > a window comes up with WLAN Interface on the left, > and Connections on the right. > (Rather annoyingly, there is no X at the top right-hand corner > to close the window, one has to click again on the icon.) > A number of APs (4) are listed on the right, including the one I am using. > > On the left, the Traffic box shows a number of moving spikes, > distributed unevenly but approximately one every 10 seconds. > I take it these are beacons of some kind from the APs? > > If I click on the Manage Connections button at the bottom of the window > and then choose Wireless, my present connection is listed, > but it says Last Used: Never. which I find puzzling. > > If I highlight this entry, and click on Scan, > I see rather a nice map showing the APs previously listed, > presumably showing the stronger signals nearer to the centre. > (What, if anything, does the location around the circle mean?) > > I find it odd that this graphic only appears > after I have chosen a specific connection; > I would have thought it would be more logical > to offer it when the APs were listed earlier. > > Are others puzzled by the NM interface, > or am I being obtuse? > >
I am mystified by your description of the interface. When I left click on the NM icon I get no Traffic Box, no Manage Connwections button, etc, etc and so forth. Is it that you are using knetworkmanager rather than Network Manager? -- ======================================================================= Many pages make a thick book. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akons...@sbcglobal.net _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list