[ale] Basic Laptop for presentations question

[Brian Pitts]

Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> I don't use GNOME or KDE, I use Enlightenment 17. That being said, does 
> not the applet simply call the Red Hat configuration tool? 
> (/usr/bin/system-config-network)
> 

Is it nm-applet? If so, no.

On my system (Ubuntu 8.10), there's at least three components running
when I'm logged in:

The NetworkManager daemon, responsible for "automatically switching
network  connections to the best available connection."

nm-system-settings, which I believe stores and retrieves system-wide
network settings.

nm-applet, which I believe stores and retrieves user-specific network
settings. It's also responsible for that handy panel applet.

I see wpa_supplicant and dhclient running as well; I believe the main
NetworkManager daemon is responsible for starting them.

There's also a nm-connection editor and nm-tool that you can invoke.

I think all of these components communicate over dbus.

If anyone knows of a good, up-to-date explanation of NetworkManager's
architecture (besides the source code) I'd love a link to it.

All the best,
Brian Pitts