Network Manager

[Alex Zhang]

Alexandre Ghisoli wrote:
> Le lundi 31 mars 2008 à 11:30 +0800, Alex Zhang a écrit :
>   
>> Hi All,
>>
>> As we know, there are many ways to access Internet in GTA02:
>>   - wired:        usbnet
>>   - wireless:    wifi, bluetooth
>>   - GSM
>>
>> Is there any daemon or framework OM uses to manage these networks as 
>> NetworkManager on PC right now?
>>
>> We are developing a portable media device with usbnet & wifi support, I 
>> am planning to use NM-0.7 or to develop a daemon for managing the networks.
>>
>> Any idea or comments?
>>     
>
> Sure, it's nice to ear from that kind of project.
>
> An feature that would be nice is roaming. Imagine you are using WiFi at
> home and you are leaving the WiFi range.
> A warning box could tell you will loose your connection and then open a
> GMS (GPRS ....) connexion to keep it connected.
>
> And for business needs, a VPN manager would be very nice (OpenVPN or
> OpenSWAN IPSEC based).
>
> Thanks
>
>   
Cool! I like such ideas. If use NM as backend, it's not so hard to 
support these features. :)

Alex