knetworkmanager : only for wireless ?

[O. Sinclair]

Bruno Costacurta wrote:
> On Sunday 10 December 2006 12:11, Luka Renko wrote:
>> On Sunday 10 December 2006 11:02, Bruno Costacurta wrote:
>>>>> is knetworkmanager only for wireless interface usage ?
>>>>> I cannot manage / access my wired network from knetworkmanager.
>>> I'm not getting any information at all about (even when active) wired
>>> network, all given informations / menus are linked to wireless.
>>>
>>> The eth0 interface (wired network) do not use DHCP (I only use static
>>> address at home).
>> Network-manager 0.6.x can only manage DHCP interfaces. If you have static
>> IP configured on the interface, network-manager will not show it.
>> Next version (0.7) is supposed to have also support for static IP and I
>> hope it will be included in Feisty (it is planned for Feb-Mar 2007).
>>
>> Regard,
>> Luka
> 
> Luka, thanks for clarification.
> Meantime is there any tools (within KDE ?) to manage all network interfaces ?
> 
> I'm struggling to find someting complete and useful under (k)ubuntu. 
> My other Linux experience is Fedora where tools under KDE (even 
> based on Gnome) are available. I have the feeling that ubuntu lacks this.
> 
> Thanks to all.
> Bye,
> Bruno
> 
Bruno - what tools are these? If you name them possibly someone can give 
you a repository where they can be loaded from?

Sinclair