"Johannes Nohl" <johannes.nohl@gmail.com> writes:
Is Networkmanager (this thing instead of ifup) suse specific?
No, it's not - it is used by Ubuntu as well.
knetworkmanager is just a frontend, right?
Correct.
The problem is that (at least using knetworkmanager) you can't choose between infratructure only and adhoc connections. The point is the hotspot I'm using (it's inside a library with many students) is hiding its SSID. And windows make it to easy to start an
If it just hides the ESSID, just enter it.
adhoc network. So there are a lot of computers saying that they would be the hotspot but they are just a adhoc network. Networkmanager always tries to connect to the adhocs which fails of course. What to do to enforce connecting to the infrastructure??
Otherwise use the traditional scripts.
Will there be a interface for gnome and/or XFCE?
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