Bug 104940 - Kwifi should interface with the netapplet daemon, or the Red Hat Network Manager daemon, or have one of it's own
Summary: Kwifi should interface with the netapplet daemon, or the Red Hat Network Mana...
Status: RESOLVED LATER
Alias: None
Product: kwifimanager
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Debian testing Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Stefan Winter
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Reported: 2005-05-02 01:46 UTC by evilhamsterman
Modified: 2006-08-12 08:18 UTC (History)
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Description evilhamsterman 2005-05-02 01:46:03 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.4.0)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages
OS:                Linux

There are already two really good daemons that would allow the Kwifimanager to change the network settings on the fly without root privilages.  The netapplet daemon from Novell/Suse and the network manager daemon from Red Hat.  Both allow you to not only select from the best wifi network but also select the wired network if it is available.  This would greatly improve the usability of the Kwifimanager, since they can already provide alot of the desired ability to the manager.
Comment 1 Stefan Winter 2006-08-12 08:18:24 UTC 
KDE4 will have an entirely new hardware abstraction layer call "Solid" (http://solid.kde.org) which will deal with network configuration, both wired and wireless. There, a front-end to wpa_supplicant (KNetworkManager, based on the network manager daemon) is going to be used.
So, the solution is in the works and your wish doesn't apply to the new framework any more. Please be patient.