On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Willie Wong <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:17:02PM -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Neil Bothwick <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:59:25 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> > >> >> Seriously, just use wicd, dump the rest. >> > >> > +1 >> >> Call me old-fashioned, I use wpa_supplicant. :) > > Actually, I'll call you confused :)
You are probably right. :) In my brain I was only thinking about wireless networks. It never occurred to me to need network management for wired connections as well (I've never had any need for it so it didn't enter my mind). All I've ever done with wired network is enable dhcp in /etc/conf.d/net and install ifplugd. For wireless I enable wpa_supplicant module in /etc/conf.d/net and add the networks either manually to the config file or by using wpa_supplicant's GUI for scanning, adding and editing the defined networks. Everything starts automatically when I turn on my computer and connects automatically. I don't do any /etc/init.d/net.xxx stuff manually at all. That was probably the recommended way to config back in 2003-2004 when I set up my Gentoo machines and I've never had any reason to change it since it keeps working. So that's why I called myself old-fashioned. I've never used wicd or networkmanager and I suppose I've been lucky to not encounter the problems that you guys have. I will keep it in mind if my luck changes for the worse in the future. :) Thanks Paul
