On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 13:31 +0100, Darren J Moffat wrote: > Dick Davies wrote: > > On 16/07/07, Darren J Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Dick Davies wrote: > >>> 1. Ubuntu on the same machine (and WLANs) presents a list like this: > >>> > >>> ipw0 (Intel Centrino .....) > >>> -- Granny Smith (WEP) > >>> -- BT Voyager (WPA) > >>> -- mywlan (WPA) > >>> ath0 (Atheros .....) > >>> -- Granny Smith (WEP) > >>> -- BT Voyager (WPA) > >>> -- mywlan (WPA) > >>> > >>> whereas the Solaris dialog doesn't specify which NIC it's using. > >>> Would that make sense? > >> Why should an end user actually care what the name of the NIC is ? > > > > Because one of the cards might be a) slower or b) non-WPA aware. > > but do you need to know about the different NICs or do you need NWAM to > do the sensible thing and present a merged listed ? If the "correct" > think had happened would you actually be asking this at all ? > > Why is it interesting for the user to know and more importantly for a > non advanced user how does ipw0 and ath0 tell them one is the built in > thingy and the other the add in thingy ?
One can ask - if you (no specifically you, as in you) own a laptop and you don't know the basic specs of your laptop, maybe the best location for the laptop is in the original box it came in. Worse case, "wpi0 - built in" "ath1 - PCMCIA card" or somthing to that affect. Side not, when is wpa support going to arrive in wpi? Matthew _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
