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| * Created: by Johan Kiviniemi, Mario Danic | * Created: by JohanKiviniemi, MarioDanic |
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| * Maintainers: Johan Kiviniemi, Mario Danic * Contributors: |
* Maintainers: JohanKiviniemi, MarioDanic * Contributors: infinity |
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| * Branch: * Malone Bug: * Packages: * Depends: |
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| Network Manager aims for Network Connectivity which "Just Works". The computer should use the wired network connection when its plugged in, but automatically switch to a wireless connection when the user unplugs it and walks away from the desk. Likewise, when the user plugs the computer back in, the computer should switch back to the wired connection. The user should, most times, not even notice that their connection has has been managed for them; they should simply see uninterrupted network connectivity. | Network Manager aims for Network Connectivity which "Just Works". The computer should use the wired network connection when its plugged in, but automatically switch to a wireless connection when the user unplugs it and walks away from the desk. Likewise, when the user plugs the computer back in, the computer should switch back to the wired connection. The user should, most times, not even notice that their connection has has been managed for them; they should simply see uninterrupted network connectivity. |
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| Network-Manager is '''beta''' software. | Network-Manager is '''beta''' software. |
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| The current 0.6.1 package are available from: http://johan.kiviniemi.name/ubuntu/ The repository contains the following packages: * network-manager (by us) * libnl, a dependency of n-m 0.6 (by TomParker) * wpasupplicant 0.4 with the required feature for n-m backported from 0.5 (by ReinhardTartler) As instructed on the website: * Run {{{wget -q -O- http://johan.kiviniemi.name/pubkey | sudo apt-key add -}}} * Add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list: {{{ deb http://johan.kiviniemi.name/ubuntu dapper network-manager deb-src http://johan.kiviniemi.name/ubuntu dapper network-manager }}} * Run {{{sudo apt-get update}}} * Run {{{sudo apt-get install network-manager nm-applet}}} |
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Network-manager doesn't manage interfaces defined in /etc/network/interfaces. To get n-m to manage all the interfaces properly, backup /etc/network/interfaces and remove everything except the lines concerning the {{{lo}}} interface. KDE front-end (knetworkmanager) is not available as Ubuntu package yet, but you can compile it yourself by following instructions on ["LukaRenko/KNetworkManager"] page. Discussion about these packages is also going on in this forum [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=145230 thread]. |
Status
Created: by JohanKiviniemi, MarioDanic
Priority: LowPriority
Maintainers: JohanKiviniemi, MarioDanic
- Contributors: infinity
- Interested:
Status: Building packages, DapperGoal
- Branch:
- Malone Bug:
- Packages:
- Depends:
- Current needs: As much testers as possible
Dapper Network Manager
Network Manager aims for Network Connectivity which "Just Works". The computer should use the wired network connection when its plugged in, but automatically switch to a wireless connection when the user unplugs it and walks away from the desk. Likewise, when the user plugs the computer back in, the computer should switch back to the wired connection. The user should, most times, not even notice that their connection has has been managed for them; they should simply see uninterrupted network connectivity.
Network manager that "has the chance" of being integrated into Dapper will feature support for WPA and 802.1x as well. We will also provide l-r-m packages.
More information about Network Manager is available [http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/ here] .
Network-Manager is beta software.
Installation
The current 0.6.1 package are available from:
http://johan.kiviniemi.name/ubuntu/
The repository contains the following packages:
- network-manager (by us)
libnl, a dependency of n-m 0.6 (by TomParker)
wpasupplicant 0.4 with the required feature for n-m backported from 0.5 (by ReinhardTartler)
As instructed on the website:
Run wget -q -O- http://johan.kiviniemi.name/pubkey | sudo apt-key add -
Add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://johan.kiviniemi.name/ubuntu dapper network-manager deb-src http://johan.kiviniemi.name/ubuntu dapper network-manager
Run sudo apt-get update
Run sudo apt-get install network-manager nm-applet
Notes
Network-manager doesn't manage interfaces defined in /etc/network/interfaces. To get n-m to manage all the interfaces properly, backup /etc/network/interfaces and remove everything except the lines concerning the lo interface.
KDE front-end (knetworkmanager) is not available as Ubuntu package yet, but you can compile it yourself by following instructions on ["LukaRenko/KNetworkManager"] page.
Discussion about these packages is also going on in this forum [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=145230 thread].
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