Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 12:11:10 +0200 From: David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: Matthias Andree <mandree@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port request Message-ID: <AANLkTik5XELQl_KcANB5CUUQnKzZjqszmHpZ4kGWlIBF@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4BFD19ED.2080303@FreeBSD.org> References: <1274876344.2444.28.camel@hp-laptop> <4BFD19ED.2080303@FreeBSD.org>
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2010/5/26 Matthias Andree <mandree@freebsd.org>: > Am 26.05.2010 14:19, schrieb Jesse Smith: >> I was told that requests for new ports should be submitted here. There's >> one tool which I would like to see brought into the Ports system and >> that's Network Manager >> (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/NetworkManager) >> >> It's the only networking tool I've found so far which will properly >> handle my Novatel mobile modem and I would really like to be able to >> make use of the modem while running FreeBSD. > > Hi Jesse, > > Network Manager (NM) will just automate steps you can do with other means= , too. > It is not doing magic of any kind, and chances are your modem needs firmw= are > that is available for Linux but not for FreeBSD, but I know nothing about= your > Novatel device. > > Regarding a FreeBSD port: > > (a) NM needs major porting efforts, and is an open, non-trivial, project = of the > GNOME team, see <http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/volunteer.html>; > > (b) I personally find that NM is an abomination that - particularly on La= ptops - > causes more problems than it could possibly solve for me. > =C2=A0 =C2=A0I routinely deinstall NetworkManager from openSUSE, Fedora, = and Ubuntu Linux > distributions, because it frequently fails to configure WPA2-Enterprise w= ith > EAP-TLS or EAP-TTLS, fails to detect online state (making several applica= tions > start in offline mode or refuse to even attempt to connect), fails to con= figure > hidden 802.11 (WiFi/WLAN) networks, and causes other artifacts I don't ha= ve > without NM. > > I'd personally also say Network Manager needs upstream bugfixing much mor= e than > a port. Haven't tried Fedora 13 "Goddard" yet though. > I agree, personally I would prefer a wpa_supplicant / dhclient graphical user interface instead of the sucky NetworkManager. For the moment there is sysutils/wifimgr iirc but it's a quite unstable. wpa_supplicant does everything, scanning for access points automatically even you don't have X running, all WPA means of associations, it's just perfect. --=20 Demelier David
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