Hi,

o1bigtenor via Dng writes:

> On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 1:26 AM Didier Kryn <kryn@???> wrote:
>>
>> Le 25/05/2021 à 21:43, Mason Loring Bliss a écrit :
>> > I've been managing network connections on my laptop by hand, and I was just
>> > thinking that I'd like it to bring up its NICs automatically if it's
>> > plugged in, but I didn't want to use ifplugd for various reasons, and
>> > anyway, I like ifupdown and I want to stick with it.
>>

>>     There's no contradiction between ifupdown and ifplugd; they work
>> well together. I have been using both for decades. What I exclude is
>> network-manager.

>>
> Hmmmmmm - - - - - why exclude network-manager?
>
> (just wanting to understand.)

That's a good thing, wanting to understand.

For me, network-manager (and wicd as well) just got in my way. They did
not want to play by *my* rules. On top of that, it/they bloat my system
with additional dependencies.

I have found that the combination of ifupdown, netplug and wpasupplicant
and a bit of tinkering with /etc/network/interfaces and a configuration
file for wpa_supplicant satisfies my needs.

If using network-manager (or wicd) satisfies your needs, that's fine but
you may want to look into using something less "My way, or the highway!"
and less bloated.

Hope this helps,
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