Bug 189144 - Light solid network backend
Summary: Light solid network backend
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: solid
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: networkmanagement (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Will Stephenson
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Reported: 2009-04-08 19:36 UTC by Marian Kyral
Modified: 2011-07-22 18:41 UTC (History)
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Description Marian Kyral 2009-04-08 19:36:56 UTC 
Version:            (using Devel)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

Hi,
I would like to have a "light" solid network backend providing only information "Connected" or "Not connected". I guess, it could be based on HAL.

Actually there are only fakenet and networkmanager backends. Fakenet does not provide this (couldn't) and networkmanager is too complex, forces me to install ppp and I really don't need it, especially on my desktop, connected to router by wire and using dhcp.
Comment 1 Lamarque V. Souza 2011-07-22 18:41:41 UTC 
There is a lot more things in a network management software than just connect/disconnect signals. We must create, delete, update connections, detect wireless networks, handle different network interfaces (ethernet, wireless, gsm, cdma, etc). After all the work we have done to support NetworkManager it is just not worth creating a small backend for just one scenario that few people use.