Network manager applet
Oct 19, 2009 by mohamed hanoosh
The laptop users usually want switch their network when they move from place to place. The easiest way to do this is using the Network manager. You can configure more than one connection and select the one which you want at that moment.
You might have seen the Network manager applet on your GNOME panel.
You might have also noticed that it shows not connected even if your system is connected to network. This is because the network is configured in your system using some other method(For example /etc/network/interfaces and the networking service). To use the Network manager do as follows
Edit the file /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf
Change the value managed to true(managed=true).
Now your networking device is managed by the the Network manager. You may require a restart.
To add different addresses, right click on the applet on your panel(In KDE, a plasma widget is available for network manager. In GNOME the applet is on the panel)
Add your network address. You can add more than one address, and different names for each of them. To enable a particular address at a time , left click on the applet and select the one you want.
You might have seen the Network manager applet on your GNOME panel.
You might have also noticed that it shows not connected even if your system is connected to network. This is because the network is configured in your system using some other method(For example /etc/network/interfaces and the networking service). To use the Network manager do as follows
Edit the file /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf
[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile
no-auto-default=00:29:d1:62:2e:c5,
[ifupdown]
managed=true
Now your networking device is managed by the the Network manager. You may require a restart.
To add different addresses, right click on the applet on your panel(In KDE, a plasma widget is available for network manager. In GNOME the applet is on the panel)
Add your network address. You can add more than one address, and different names for each of them. To enable a particular address at a time , left click on the applet and select the one you want.
