[sugar] [PATCH] Trac #7480: Need to 'reset' the network configurations - short term fix

Mikus Grinbergs mikus at bga.com
Tue Aug 12 13:32:06 EDT 2008


>     "From the sugar control panel we need to be able to 'reset' or
> remove the stored network configuration file. This is important to do
> whenever someone makes a change to their AP settings, changes the
> password, and it might also help us debug some of the problems we are
> seeing with intermittent AP connections. " ( kimquirk, trac #7480 )

Please keep in mind the G1G1 users.  I carry my XO to various 
places, many of which need WEP keys.  It is cumbersome to bring 
along a written list of these keys, and to enter something anew when 
I arrive.  As long as my existing network configuration file remains 
untouched, the XO "remembers" those keys for me.

One suggestion -- not all APs broadcast their ESSIDs.  The user 
ought to have the option to "label" an entry in the network 
configuration file, if Network Manager hasn't.  And when the user 
hovers over an AP which is not broadcasting an ESSID, the user ought 
to be given the option of *selecting* from the network configuration 
file an entry for the Network Manager to try for that AP.  If the 
user doesn't select, let Network Manager use a temporary entry for 
that AP -- this will avoid what I am experiencing, where APs in one 
geographical location (presumably without ESSIDs) are labeled in 
Neighborhood view with the name of an AP from a completely different 
geographical location (but which presumably has a similar radio 
appearance).

mikus




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