On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 21:33 -0400, Robert Love wrote: > Jens Lautenbacher wrote: > > > I think it's problematic that whenever the need may arise to reenter > > network information, the information that is on disk somewhere can't be > > accessed, but must be given by hand again. Suppose I just need to change > > the key (because of a typo or so) - I always have to reenter everything > > again. If I had a list where I can select one of the known networks, > > this would fill out the UI to the current values - which in turn could > > be changed before clicking on "connect". (A UI could be a drop down > > select menu with the default entry "New network", and all the UI in it's > > pristine state. Selecting another known network from the drop down menu > > would then fill in the values) > > > > This could also help with another problem I have at work: They change > > essid and key every month, forcing me to enter a new network and loosing > > all the collected AP bssids from anywhere around the house... > > We definitely need a wireless properties editor. I don't like the > idea of having nm-applet provide UI for editing the entries, but we > should have a separate (launchable from the applet, to be sure) > utility for editing the stored networks. > > If nothing else, we need a way to let users remove networks.
Absolutely. Dan _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
