Fedora Core 4 Test Update: NetworkManager-0.5.1-1.FC4.1

[Peter Robinson]

On 10/20/05, Christopher Aillon <caillon at redhat.com> wrote:
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> Fedora Test Update Notification
> FEDORA-2005-1004
> 2005-10-20
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>
> Product     : Fedora Core 4
> Name        : NetworkManager
> Version     : 0.5.1
> Release     : 1.FC4.1
> Summary     : Network link manager and user applications
> Description :
> NetworkManager attempts to keep an active network connection available at all
> times.  It is intended only for the desktop use-case, and is not intended for
> usage on servers.   The point of NetworkManager is to make networking
> configuration and setup as painless and automatic as possible.  If using DHCP,
> NetworkManager is _intended_ to replace default routes, obtain IP addresses
> from a DHCP server, and change nameservers whenever it sees fit.
>
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Just an update from my perspective. It works great for me most of the
time. The problems that I seem to have are when I'm on the border of
the wireless network boundary.

I also have the network monitor applet and that seems to report about
double the single strength of the NetworkManger applet thingy. Also
being on the boundary of the network everytime the network drops out
for a second or two it has to go through the whole process of
reconnecting and getting an IP etc which is quite annoying as when I
use the wireless without it (just the Network monitor + I suppose the
wireless tools) it will just reconnect and continue on as before.

It also seems to get a bit confused when it drops and reconnects and
seems to loose DNS as  well.

Should I bugzilla these? Or maybe head to the nm mailing list.

Peter