Ok, so Beso, I didn't get your e-mail until just now, but apparently I lied. I guess Ubuntu 7.10 has a different version of nm-applet or something, because it did automatically save the network config. Thanks for the help though.
-Peter On Dec 12, 2007 3:26 PM, Beso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > try doing this instead: > let the applet find the network then click on it and it will try to connect. > if the network is ciphered nm-applet would recognize its type and would ask > you of the missing stuff inside the config. insert the missing stuff and > you're done. > anyway, the connect to other network should also work well in adding the > config to saved one. the thing that could be wrong is that the network would > not broadcast it's name and thus you wouldn't be able to automatically > connect to it on boot since it wasn't found. another problem could be that > you're trying to connect to a different ap. for example in my university i > usually connect to the same network but with different aps. sometimes it > connects at boot and sometime it doesn't. > the last thing: i'm assuming that you're a gnome user and i'd advice you, if > you're using kde, to drop nm-applet and use knetworkmanager, which is its > counterpart for kde. > > > > 2007/12/12, Peter Davoust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hmmm, it doesn't appear to save the details. If I suspend it > > reconnects without complaining, but when I reboot it appears to loose > > all the information. It may be because I'm configuring the network as > > thought the name were not broadcast. Would "Create new Wireless > > Network" save the details? > > > > -Peter > > > > On Dec 12, 2007 11:15 AM, Beso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > well, it should automatically save working configuration and > automatically > > > connect to the network when within reach. this would not be the case > with > > > networks that don't broadcast their name. on these networks you'd either > > > have to wait some time before nm-applet gets them or try reconnecting > with > > > the manual method. > > > > > > 2007/12/12, Peter Davoust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there anyway to save the configuration you give nm-applet when you > > > > connect to an "other" wireless network? It's great to be able to > > > > connect, but I don't like having to enter my password and everything. > > > > > > > > -Peter > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > NetworkManager-list mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > dott. ing. beso > > > > > > -- > dott. ing. beso -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
