[Goodies-dev] Plugin to configure wireless networks

[Chris Thomas]

I would love a plugin to configure wireless networks. I move to and
from several different wireless networks. I've been fighting with
getting NetworkManager working correctly with XFCE. No luck yet.

-Chris

On 1/12/07, James Westby <jw+xfce at jameswestby.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Some people have said that they would like a plugin to configure
> wireless networks, and the wavelan plugin is probably a reasonable place
> for that.
>
> There are a couple of problems with this though. The first is that I
> have a desktop and one network, so I don't have any configuration to do.
> The second is that I don't even understand the issues involved.
>
> However I am not against having the plugin have this functionality if
> it is the best place for it (maybe there should be a separate plugin?).
>
> I had a quick look at what is available. There doesn't seem to be a
> leading contender for doing all this though. I could do it myself with a
> couple of text boxes and a bunch of ioctls, but that reqiures root
> rights, and I'm not sure if just a couple of text boxes is enough for
> people.
>
> Network Manager seems to be quite popular now, so I had a quick look at
> it. I could link against it, or there is a dbus API, but it is currently
> very limited. Also I think it might be easier to add an xfce plugin to
> their end of the code.
>
> The other option is for me to provide a way for people to write plugins
> for the plugin (not dynamic ones though), so if someone wants their
> faviourite method adding they can do it themselves and the user could
> choose from them at runtime. Would anyone be interested in adding one of
> these plugins if I added the interface? Bearing in mind that I can't
> really test or support them too well.
>
> Thanks,
>
> James
>
>
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