Well it is a what?

[Karl Larsen]

Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 19:36 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> I was curious to know what NetworkManager really is. So went hunting 
>> and found:
>>
>>     
> <snip>
>   
>>     So NetManager is a demon and runs in the kernel and tries to keep 
>> the Internet coming always and works outside the normal old methods.
>>
>>     Now the NetManagerDispatcher is another mouth-full that is also a 
>> demon and you can read what it is doing by monitoring messages in the 
>> /etc/NetworkManager/dispature.d/ directory. I jus looked and My F7 has 
>> the NetworkManager/ but no dispature.d directory. Could be you need to 
>> run the demons awhile to get it.
>>
>>     In summary all this is now terminal activity so I think all this 
>> stuff is VERY Beta!
>>
>> Karl
>>     
> No they are programs that make connecting wireless access points easy
> rather than a pain.
>
>
> I sure hope so. That is my goal. I want to understand what is being done. I know the computer has inside a radio transciever on about 1400 MHz. The software has to receive and send Internet traffic to this radio. That is why it's so darn hard to do.
Karl