On Sunday, November 10, 2013 1:47:40 PM UTC-7, Wilfredo Nieves wrote: > Hi all, > > Can anyone tell me why connman is the default connection manager for BBB. > > Just curious because every time i try to connect to wifi with connman i > have to jump through hoops to try to get it working. > I say try because i have yet to get it working. > Every time i do large or long (time wise) downloads connman dumps the > connection and i have to reboot to be able to reconnect. > > I switched to networkmanager and for the wifi (RT3070 Chipset) all i had > to do was install kernel-module-rt2800lib and kernel-module-rt2800usb > and the wifi was up and running without a reboot. Also i have been > downloading every package that opkg lists and have not lost the connection > (yet). > > So why not make networkmanager the default instead of connman? >
The actual reason Angstrom ships with connman instead of networkmanager by default is most likely a political one. The invention of connman was due to a perceived desktop-orientation of networkmanager by people who wanted to do embedded/IVI work. I think both have been developed quite a bit since then, so the original reasons are probably not relevant anymore, but there's probably a lingering perception that connman is for embedded and networkmanager is for desktop. That being said, if you had to install kernel drivers when you installed networkmanager, I would suggest those might have been more relevant to getting the network up than which manager you used. I haven't done a lot with connman, but I would expect that it does its job just fine when configured correctly and working with stable hardware and kernel drivers. But if networkmanager is easier for you to configure, by all means use it! It's nice to have options, and someone is bound to have a hard time with whatever is chosen as default. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
