Bug 104940

Summary:	Kwifi should interface with the netapplet daemon, or the Red Hat Network Manager daemon, or have one of it's own
Product:	[Applications] kwifimanager	Reporter:	evilhamsterman
Component:	general	Assignee:	Stefan Winter <swinter>
Status:	RESOLVED LATER
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

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.