Networking documentation?

[Jim Byrnes]

NoOp wrote:
> On 12/16/2009 11:14 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> I have been running Ubuntu 9.10 for about 10 days now and pretty much 
>> have things working well.  The only problem I have is networking.  Many 
>> times when I boot up Ubuntu other machines on my network cannot find 
>> Ubuntu.  The only solution I have found is to keep booting Ubuntu until 
>> the other machines can see it.
>>
>> I was wondering if the documentation always gets updated to reflect what 
>> is in the new releases?  In trying to find a solution I looked in the 
>> Desktop User Guide (section 8.3.1.1). It described a Network Settings 
>> main window that had 4 tabbed sections, Connections - General - DNS & 
>> Hosts.  I've looked at everything in the menus related to networking I 
>> could find but don't see what is mentioned in the guide.
> 
> The guide is indeed outdated:
> Copyrights
> Copyright © 2005  Shaun McCance
> Copyright © 2004  Sun Microsystems
> Copyright © 2003  Sun Microsystems
> 
> The lastest still references the old Network Manager (pre
> intrepid/jaunty/karmic):
> http://library.gnome.org/users/user-guide/2.28/user-guide.html
> However, I am not sure, but this might actually be correct for standard
> Gnome.
> 
> Ubuntu uses a newer network manager, so this will be more appropriate
> for you:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkManager0.7
> 
> There is some mention regarding NM in the "Internet and Networks"
> document, in Help:
> 
> ghelp:internet#connecting
> file://///usr/share/gnome/help/internet/C/internet.xml#networkmanager
> 
> But that document could certain use some 'work and updating' as well.
> 
> 

Thanks for the info.

Jim