On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 16:54 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> IMNSHO it would be much better to store this information globally so that NM
> can
> choose from pre-defined networks before the user is logged in. This certainly
> works fine for WEP or unprotected networks, and even for shared-key WPA
> networks. It might not work as well for interactive 802.1x authentication...
I can see an argument for _also_ storing a set of wireless networks
globally, but the keys and the preferred networks are definitely
per-user. At first I disliked this decision, too, but it definitely
makes sense.
> Even Windows will setup the network before the login process, assuming the
> wireless network was configured a priori! How could Windows get something
> right and Linux not?
Are you serious? ;-)
FWIW, Mac OS X won't connect via wireless until you log in.
Robert Love
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