Re: [Cooker] [RFC] Net Applet 2007

[Simon Oosthoek]

On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 05:00:07AM +0100, Fabrice FACORAT wrote:
> Just before going to holidays ( :) ) I decide to put some proposals concerning 
> net_applet.
> My thoughts and mockups can be find here : 
> http://qa.mandriva.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/NetApplet2007Proposals
> 
> Feel free top add comments to this thread or to the wiki.
> 
> possible new features for net_aplet :
> 
> - misc UI improvement
> 
> - Show interface type with an icon
> 
> - Display more informations in tooltips
> 
> - Notification on interface change
> 
> - Ability to configure a wireless connection as user
> 

Although I like improvements to the UI (and this looks like
improvement), I think the functionality of working with wireless
interfaces needs more improvement. Especially WPA support and easier
working with keys for WEP/WPA. 

I have a nokia 770, which runs linux (see http://maemo.org/ ) and it is
made more oriented towards wifi access. When you want to connect it
lists all the available APs and the type of encryption it has, for each
one you want to connect to, you can store the connection parameters
(details like static or dynamic IP assignment and even transmit power).
The only thing it is missing as well is an easy way to use "quiet" APs,
which don't broadcast their ESSID.

And what about ad hoc networking, I think it would be really nice to be
able to choose that and work together with a few people without needing
an access point to connect us...

Cheers

Simon