On Sun, 14 May 2006, Kenneth Schneider wrote:
> > > First off, this should have been posted on suse-linux-e. The ifplugd
> > > is for hard wired connections not wireless. For wireless try using
> > > networkmanager, although it is -very- poor for encrypted
> > > connections. If you have an encrypted connection that does -not-
> > > broadcast the essid you need to reenter the config every time you
> > > try to use the connection or reboot. Even if the essid is broadcast
> > > you still need to reenter the wep key. Why is there not a way to
> > > save the info?
> >
> > This is just not true. I'm using both nm-applet and kNetworkmanager
> > (GNOME and KDE NetworkManager frontends) with my WPA2,
> > non-broadcasting wifi network at home and it's working great! The keys
> > are being stored in kWallet or the gnome-keyring.
>
> For those that do not use kWallet it does -not- store the info and
> requires you to reenter the config each time you boot up.
So, what's keeping you from using kWallet or gnome-keyring, which both
require a passphrase to be unlocked by default.
> And using kWallet is -not- making it more secure as once the connection
> is made you can log out and the connection stays for the next person who
> logs in. Never had this issue with netgo. Maybe I'll go back to that.
Sorry, but that sounds like an artificial use-case to me.
Regards
Christoph
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