DapperNetworkManager

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The current 0.6.1 package are available from:

http://kubuntu.no-ip.org/

The repository contains the following packages:
 * network-manager (by us)
 * libnl, a dependency of n-m 0.6 (by TomParker) (patched by us)
 * wpasupplicant 0.4 with the required feature for n-m backported from 0.5 (by ReinhardTartler)
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== madwifi + WPA users ==

The repository contains a patched version of the linux-restricted-modules package that allows one to use network-manager and WPA with madwifi.		 The repository contains the following packages:
 * network-manager, nm-applet (by us)
 * libnl, a dependency of n-m 0.6 (by TomParker, patched by us)
 * wpasupplicant 0.4 with the required feature for n-m backported from 0.5 (by ReinhardTartler)
And also:
 * knetworkmanager (by AnthonyMercatante, a patch from LukaRenko)
 * linux-restricted-modules (patched so that madwifi users can use WPA networks with n-m)
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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.		 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.

Status

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

Note: The repository isn't signed yet, but will be a bit later.

  • Add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list:

    deb     http://kubuntu.no-ip.org/kubuntu dapper main
deb-src http://kubuntu.no-ip.org/kubuntu dapper main

  • Run sudo apt-get update

  • Run sudo apt-get install network-manager nm-applet

The repository contains the following packages:

  • network-manager, nm-applet (by us)

  • libnl, a dependency of n-m 0.6 (by TomParker, patched by us)

  • wpasupplicant 0.4 with the required feature for n-m backported from 0.5 (by ReinhardTartler)

And also:

  • knetworkmanager (by AnthonyMercatante, a patch from LukaRenko)

  • linux-restricted-modules (patched so that madwifi users can use WPA networks with n-m)

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.

Discussion about these packages is also going on in this forum [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=145230 thread].

Madwifi doesn't report status in percentages, but rather in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rssi RSSI].

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Comments

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