[Novalug] Recommendation: Network Manager (on Fedora?)

[Maxwell Spangler]

Based on comments in passing on this list recently, I looked into 
NetworkManager to manage my wifi network connections and would like to 
recommend it to others.

It is a service visible as a small applet on the desktop that monitors wifi 
connections, switching from network to network automatically or through manual 
selection.

It is a real pleasure because I use an open, non-encrypted wireless connection 
at home and a hidden, WEP encrypted network at work.  With other nice tools 
like WifiRadar, I had to manually switch from one to another.  NetworkManager 
rescans available networks and reconnects between my two locations making 
movement more natural and effortless.

NetworkManager is a GNOME app available on a variety of distributions.  I was 
surprised to see it was already installed but not enabled on my aged Fedora 
Core 5 system.  Enabling it and configuring it was very easy.

For more information:
	http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/	

hth,
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Maxwell Spangler
Chapel Hill, North Carolina