Re: NetworkManager: how to select wireless interface

2008-06-09 Thread Mike C
Andrea mariofutire at googlemail.com writes: I just would like to know if it is possible to choose which interface to use, and in case NM wants to connect both, how do I choose the default gateway? I've seen it chosen at random so far. Equally at some point no doubt someone will want to have

Re: NetworkManager: how to select wireless interface

2008-06-09 Thread Bill Davidsen
Mike C wrote: Andrea mariofutire at googlemail.com writes: I just would like to know if it is possible to choose which interface to use, and in case NM wants to connect both, how do I choose the default gateway? I've seen it chosen at random so far. Equally at some point no doubt someone

Re: NetworkManager: how to select wireless interface

2008-06-09 Thread Timothy Murphy
Bill Davidsen wrote: NM has been around since FC6, people have had these complaints since FC6, nothing has gotten better since FC6. Actually, since some system-config tools have been removed, things have gotten worse. There is no good documentation, there is only a raft of incomplete and in

Re: NetworkManager: how to select wireless interface

2008-06-09 Thread Beartooth Sciurivore
On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:49:32 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: [] I agree that the documentation is more or less non-existent, and what little there is verges on parody, eg the man entry which tells you NM Just Works. [...] I think the OP's complaint is somewhat bizarre.

Re: NetworkManager: how to select wireless interface

2008-06-09 Thread Alan Cox
Either I've completely misunderstood (as is of course quite possible) -- or it's easy to imagine circumstances where you might care intensely which connection you used. Given people in many countries have ended up in court for using other peoples wireless networks that is an

Re: NetworkManager: how to select wireless interface

2008-06-09 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 00:53 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: Matthew Saltzman wrote: Then you select the one you want and it will try to connect. If you've connected to one before (based on BSSID, IIRC), it will try to connect you to that one automatically. Otherwise, you get to choose.