On 10/28/07, Katelin Ganzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was just curious if any of the developers have had a chance to look > over my patch for nm-applet yet. > > Thanks, > > Katie > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list >
I am not a dev but my first thought was "Great idea" but then I realized that it is probably way too much info for the user. In /most/ cases the user will see a large number of AP's and will pick the one with the best signal and this is what NM does now automatically. I think it only confuses the issue for the user to see all the different channels. I can see three situations were you have multiple AP's broadcasting the same SSID: 1) Corporate environments: In this case NM is going to connect to the one with the best signal strength automatically with no user intervention required so no need for it here. 2) Neighborhoods where everyone has an AP broadcasting out Linksys. The strongest AP /should/ be the users in most cases but the user really should rename that SSID! 3) Someone is in an airport, coffee shop, cafe etc.. and has setup a rogue AP with the same SSID to sniff someones sessions. This patch won't help here since the user won't know which is the legit AP anyway (This is why I ALWAYS use VPN when I am on a public hotspot). So the only situation I can see it solving is #2 but that seems pretty narrow. Is there another use that I am missing? Maybe it would be better to make this an option that can be enabled by changing a gconf value for advanced users who want to see this information but otherwise leave it disabled? Out of curiosity how do other OS's deal with this? I love the idea of the patch and I always like seeing more information so if I had an option I would personally enable this feature but I don't think it should be the default. _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
