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. > > Equally for GSM modems these are as least as standardised as WiFi > cards. So we should not need a seperate tool to manage them.
Unfortunately, they are not :( There are different numbers of command ports (some use one, some have 2, some have 3), some have different AT command sequence behavior (like allowing commands before entering PINs or not), some use custom commands to connect (Option 3G modems use AT_OWANCALL/AT_OWANDATA instead of ATDT and do not require either a phone # _or_ PPP), others use custom PDP methods before dialing (IPWireless 4G cards use "PPP" for AT+CGDCONT instead of "IP"), and of course GSM and CDMA cards have different command sets entirely. Furthermore, many cards have custom commands for things like supported frequency lists, radio power state (at!pcstate on Sierra cards), GPS functionality, and a host of other things. Dan _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
