On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 23:00 +0200, Michael Trunner wrote: > Hi, > > I had a very similar idea. If I have choose a network it shouldn't > switch to another when the my goes off. Because everyday when my own > network is to faraway nm switch to the network of my neighbour. In this > case nm shouldn't search for other networks. I think a checkbox "search > for networks" would be nice.
If you don't want to associate with your neighbors network, remove it from GConf. You connected to it once upon a time, which is why NM is trying now. Granted, there should be a nice way to remove cached networks, but having a checkbox for scanning is not the solution. Dan > Bye > > Michael > > Am Mittwoch, den 02.05.2007, 19:12 +0300 schrieb Joan Moreau: > > The point is not to do it by oneself or by the pc, but one may click > > several time on the icon to see the status of the discovery which > > trigger a new search and that does not end , while having to click once > > on a button let people be able to see the current list of network > > without "risking" to trigger a new search. > > > > > > Christopher Aillon wrote: > > > Greg Oliver wrote: > > > > > >> On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 09:08 +0200, Soren Hansen wrote: > > >> > > >>> Could one of you perhaps explain to me why you want to do something > > >>> manually that network-manager does for you automatically? I don't quite > > >>> get it. > > >>> > > >> Honestly, so my LED does not blink repeatedly > > >> > > > > > > You'll have others blinking anyway. Hard disk, etc. > > > > > > > > >> - as well as go back to a > > >> previous request to have wired/wireless active simultaneously (I know > > >> thats coming). In that situation, that would be most pleasant. My > > >> radio would not be scanning constantly when I do not need it and I could > > >> scan when I want them both on. > > >> > > > > > > And if your wired ever dies out? Or if you need to move for some reason > > > and need to unplug? Do you want NetworkManager to just sit there for > > > you to realize what happened, then click the applet, then click perform > > > scan, wait for a few seconds, figure out which Network, and then connect > > > you to wireless? > > > > > > Personally, I'd rather my music stream keep on playing. The whole point > > > of NetworkManager is to do the work for you. People that don't want it > > > to do the work still have iwconfig/iwlist. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > NetworkManager-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetworkManager-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
