Re: NM scanning policy
On Wed, 2005-05-25 at 10:19 -0400, Bill Moss wrote: Proposed change to NM scanning policy. Context menu scan item: three states -- On, Auto, Off On: NM's current policy which is to always scan but adjust the time between scans. Auto (default): When a wired connection has been established, stop scanning (also consider powering down radio). As soon as a wired connection is not available, begin scanning. After a wireless connection has been made, stop scanning but start again if the signal strength falls below a threshold. Off: Do not scan or stop all wireless devices and power down radios. Justification: Scanning powers up the radio. When operationg on battery and connected by wire, scanning wastes power. Scans that take a long time can be disruptive. I think this is a good idea and I'll do it, if nobody submits a patch for it first. I'm thinking of adding a menu to the applet's right-click menu called Wireless Scanning, which would have the items On, Auto, Off. This would be a preference stored in GConf and would persist across reboots and logins. The Wireless Scanning submenu would replace the existing Pause Wireless Scanning item. Unfortunately at the moment, I'm not sure we can power down the card, NM kind of assumes that devices are always going to be up. But we can certainly do that a bit later. Dan ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
NM scanning policy
Proposed change to NM scanning policy. Context menu scan item: three states -- On, Auto, Off On: NM's current policy which is to always scan but adjust the time between scans. Auto (default): When a wired connection has been established, stop scanning (also consider powering down radio). As soon as a wired connection is not available, begin scanning. After a wireless connection has been made, stop scanning but start again if the signal strength falls below a threshold. Off: Do not scan or stop all wireless devices and power down radios. Justification: Scanning powers up the radio. When operationg on battery and connected by wire, scanning wastes power. Scans that take a long time can be disruptive. -- Bill Moss Professor, Mathematical Sciences Clemson University ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
Re: NM scanning policy
On Wed, 2005-05-25 at 10:19 -0400, Bill Moss wrote: Proposed change to NM scanning policy. Context menu scan item: three states -- On, Auto, Off On: NM's current policy which is to always scan but adjust the time between scans. Auto (default): When a wired connection has been established, stop scanning (also consider powering down radio). As soon as a wired connection is not available, begin scanning. After a wireless connection has been made, stop scanning but start again if the signal strength falls below a threshold. Off: Do not scan or stop all wireless devices and power down radios. Justification: Scanning powers up the radio. When operationg on battery and connected by wire, scanning wastes power. Scans that take a long time can be disruptive. This sounds fair, although I would roll the first 2 ones into one option, with NetworkManager using HAL to check whether the machine is running on mains or battery power. Would obviously need some UI work to allow the user to know that no wireless networks are being scanned. Cheers --- Bastien Nocera [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
