On Saturday 07 November 2009 18:11:05 Mike Edenfield wrote: > controlling the NIC. So, yeah, it seems like the difference is with > NetworkManager and/or wpa_supplicant, but I have no idea what that > difference is. > > (Also, to head off the upcoming "just don't use NetworkManager": this > laptop is eventually going to someone who'll be roaming a lot more than > I do, for whom constantly editing wpa_supplicant.conf isn't really an > option. Wicd doesn't support VPN connections, so NetworkManager seems > to be my only option :\) >
That's a pity. Using wicd instead of nm was going to be my next suggestion :-) -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
