[Tfug] why not wicd

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Network manager might be something different if you are using Kubuntu.

Earl
On Fri, September 18, 2009 1:36 pm, erich wrote:
> 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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