[Tfug] why not wicd

[erich]

OK,
              I'll check. What's the package name I  should be looking for"
  "network manager"/"NM"/"NM8", or something else ?

                                                                                                   
Erich
Jim March wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:18 AM, erich <erich1 at copper.net> wrote:
>   
>> That's what I'm focused on now,
>>
>>                 I have a Cricket A600 cellular modem, and I'm trying to
>> integrate it
>> with Gentoo. Do you know anything more about Network Manager?
>>
>>
>>                              Cheers,
>>
>>                              Erich
>>     
>
> Well...I've been using NM with so far three different Verizon cellmodem devices.
>
> Under Karmic there's this neat pop-up the first time it detects your
> cellmodem, asking which carrier you're on and if necessary, any
> additional setup details that some carriers require.  Most don't.  If
> you use a cellmodem in Linux with shell scripts (PPP) you have to
> include a "username" and "password" but they're not actually used on
> most systems; your real "personal authentication" comes from the phone
> number hardwired into the cellmodem device.
>
> I'm pretty sure that's how Cricket works, I checked them out once as a
> possible cheaper alternative.
>
> Upshot: any distro with NM8 in it is going to be by far the best for cellmodems.
>
> Jim
>
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