Stuart, On Sat, 2008-08-02 at 12:43 +0100, Stuart Ward wrote: > > The whole point of Network Manager is that it is the integrated > network access tool. Modems are largely standard. we don't need > special software to access different modems. Perhaps we need a > configuration strings for some modems but I see no point in having a > separate tool for modems.
I'm looking forward to your design ideas (and perhaps code?) on how to make Networking (and especially NM) a generic thing. > > Equally for GSM modems these are as least as standardised as WiFi > cards. So we should not need a seperate tool to manage them. I'm sure a lot of people with different GSM/CDMA/G3 cars/USB cables etc would not agree... But., same question as above. > > What Network Manager should show is the GSM signal strength as soon as > you plug in a modem, and allow a button to select and establish the > connection. Just like the WiFi selection. > > Am I missing something here? How about if you read the email thread(s) about it all? Then you'd know that you might be missing a few clues... > > -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 /Magnus _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
