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Am 05.04.2015 um 17:29 schrieb lee: |
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> So there isn't really a choice and rp-pppoe is some kind of additional |
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> thing? |
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As far as I remember yes. |
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> What are its advantages? |
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Like I said before, easier to configure and to handle. |
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> Networkmanager sucks, it overwrites /etc/resolv.conf and does all kinds |
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> of weird things. |
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If you need or want to use fixed DNS servers you can set them in the |
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IPv4 and/or IPv6 settings of each connection, and Networkmanager puts |
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those into /etc/resolv.conf. |
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I haven't seen Networkmanager doing weird things yet, and I'm using it |
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quite a while for several connection types like simple ethernet, WLAN |
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and mobile broadband. |
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> Maybe it's useful when you need to switch between |
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> connections all the time; that's not what I'm doing. I'm not using kde |
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> or gnome, either. |
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It's also useful if you want to automatically reconnect when the |
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connection got lost as soon as a reconnect is possible again. Neither |
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ppp nor rp-pppoe can do that. |
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nm-applett also works with Xfce or LXDE if you're using those. |
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Networkmanager itself contains several tools for the text console like |
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nmcli and nmtui. |
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And if you need to run a script every time the internet connection is |
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established or closed just put it into /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d. |
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Parameter $1 gives the network device and $2 is either up or down. |
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