Hi, I observe opensolaris is getting better and better especially since the reliease of 2008.05, however, still lot of frustration when I try to set up wireless-network.
Linux/Unix has been said setting up network is very hard, especially wireless. Networking has many layers and I think it's like piling up every layer properly. However, the current opensolaris network setup environment ignores such a concept. Several utilities/tools are developed on their own way, and never corporate each other. A (gui) tool re-write an network configuration file or re-set ifconfig stuff, and another tool reboot network service and wipe out the setting etc. Real mess. NWAM may be good just to configure DHCP setting, but it's just a service to disable if you want static IP setting. After disabling NWAM, you need to launch network-admn and tweak /etc/nsswitch.conf for proper DNS. network-admin should be launched by gksu, but for some reason, it's registerd user-mode at gnome menu. I currently have 3 icons for 3 tools just for wireless network setup. 1. gksu network-admin 2. gnome-netstatus-applet 3. Some Notification Area/ network tool Each programs affects settings of others, and when I try to switch wireless point, it's just a messy job. For instance, if your wireless router has a setting withsecurity-key and DHCP-off/static IP, you will never be able to succeed to connect using these 3 tools. This is simply because the each utlity is designed with a very limited perspective and lack important features, so you need to use 2nd utility to do the lacked part. During the task, you push apply, then the 2nd utlity somehow reset the setting of the 1st utility, this going on and on. I have been using linux for a while and pretty new of OpenSolaris, but nowadays, I seriously start thining to develop my own network-tool that covers all. It must be a network command oriented. A GUI tool but also has command input. No pop up, just show the information you need to check in realtime. Python probably. Ken -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
