2008/7/8 Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 14:45 +0200, Patrick wrote: > > While the improved 3G and vpn capabilities are nice there are a few > > small issues that could be addressed to improve the next version > > (0.7.?)... > > > > 1. Would be nice if NM with the right packages installed could handle > > pand connections to simplify connecting to the internet via bluetooth > > devices. > > Right, BT support will come post-0.7. First for DUN, then for PAN. > > > 2. If one has a wired connection then its really hard to switch to a > > wireless one without unplugging the cat5 or usb connection. It'd be > > better if it was as easy as point n click. > > You can certainly bring up the wired interface, but the default route > will stay on the wired device because it's plugged in. I'm not sure I > see a good use-case here... you'd be connected to wireless after picking > it from the menu, so you'd be able to access anything on that network > already. >
In some cases you can have a wired office connection to corporate network and a wireless connection to a public network may you want to use (may you have a movil internet connection), then is useful to switch between interfaces. > > > 3. Having the user choose what type on encryption the network uses when > > entering the password isn't of much use, most users don't know the > > first thing about encryption, it could be automatic. (works in win:() > > This is also a common request. As another data point, Mac OS X requires > you to choose WEP key types just like NM does. Most vendor tools from > D-Link, Linksys, etc that don't use WZC also make you choose. > > The right solution is to try successive key permutations quickly, but we > can't do that easily. First, drivers suck. Second, the kernel API for > wireless isn't conducive to this and doesn't give enough feeback to make > it work. Third, with WEP you simply don't know whether the key is right > or not until a DHCP attempt has timed out, which can take 45 seconds. > So taking up to 2 minutes to connect to a network just sucks. > > The fundamental problem is that both WEP ASCII and Hex key types overlap > with the WEP passphrase type. Most places use passphrases. But I've > personally seen places that use a what _looks_ like a hex key as a WEP > passphrase. > Why don't select the most common one; may be this could be a setting may for different contries and distribution selection. Taking 45 seconds to connect automatically to the most common encription is great; and if it fails then ask for encription type. -- Trabajar, la mejor arma para tu superación "de grano en grano, se hace la arena" (R) (en trámite, pero para los cuates: LIBRE)
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