Re: Worst Linux component ever: NetworkManager

["Jerry Feldman-2" <user=4@nabble.blu.org>]

 Robert La Ferla wrote: 
> The NetworkManager is the most annoying piece of Linux software I have 
> ever encountered.  What genius programmed this piece of trash?  More 
> importantly, how did it get into some distros?  It does not support 
> static IP addresses!  Even if you set a static IP, it just ignores it 
> and uses DHCP instead.  So, can I just uninstall it and just go back 
> to the normal way of setting an IP statically or via dhcp?  I'm using 
> Foresight (rPath)... 
AFAIK, Network manager is designed more for mobile users. While I have 
had some problems with it in the past, on my laptop, I can automatically 
connect to my work via WPA-PSK, home (WEP-128), MIT, JABR, and virtually 
any hot spot. It is not designed for a static IP. In that case use the 
manual connection. 

I used to use the profile manager on SuSE, where I did have static IP 
addresses. Using a profile (SCPM), you have a different preset profile 
for each site. One of the advantages was at HP I used a proxy server for 
the web, and and scpm could store that proxy. 

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