nwam-manager(1m)

NAME
nwam-manager - GNOME UI for Network Auto-Magic (NWAM)

SYNOPSIS

nwam-manager [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

nwam-manager provides a mechanism for users to monitor and interact with the Network Auto-Magic daemon nwamd(1m), nwam-manager is launched automatically in a user's desktop session. It is visibly represented on the user's desktop in the Notification Area.

The nwam-manager icon provides a visual representation of the current status of the NWAM daemon. Hovering the mouse pointer over the icon produces a tool tip with more information.

In case the network state changes (for example, if the user unplugs the network cable), then a notification balloon displays to inform the user of the change. In general, notifications time out after a short period. However, some notifications might remain until the user responds either by clicking on the balloon or closing it. For example, a notification balloon remains displayed until the user provides a wireless security key in order to connect to the selected wireless network.

When the user right-clicks on the nwam-manager icon, a menu is displayed with the following parts:

Location

The first entry is always the Automatic entry, which represents the automatic mode of operation for interface selection by the NWAM daemon. This is the normal mode of operation.

This provides access to a sub-menu that contains the list of known Network Locations. The current location should be selected, and the user can select an alternative manually activatable Location to switch to should they so desire. At the end of this sub-menu, the user is able to launch the Network Location Preferences editor to edit how these Network Locations effect the system, and also the rules by which conditionally activated Network Locations are activated automatically.

Connections

This dropdown shows you a list of network interfaces in the current Network Profile. If any of these can be manually enabled/disabled you will be able to enable/disable them using this menu.

If the system has a wireless network interface, then the following menu items are also available.

List of Wireless Networks Within Range.

In an area with visible wireless networks, a list of these wireless networks is displayed for selection. In the case of a higher priority interface being active, selection of wireless networks may result in no change to the network configuration.

Refresh Wireless Networks

This item allows you to manually initiate a scan for available
        wireless networks.

Join an Unlisted Wireless Network

Some wireless networks are hidden unless the name of the network is known. As a result, a hidden wireless network is not listed in as selectable in the menu. To connect to this type of network, the user must type the name (ESSID) of the wireless network in the dialog displayed when this item is selected.

VPN Applications

This provides access to a sub-menu that contains the list of known VPN applications. Each item contains an icon to signify the current status of the applictaion, and the action that selection of this item would do - i.e. Start or Stop a manually activatable VPN application.

The last entry in the sub-menu allows you to launch the VPN Preferences editor to edit the list of known VPN applications and to add/remove other such services.

Network Preferences

This item launches the Network Preferences editor to allow the user to configure NWAM. You can also launch this by left-clicking on the icon in the panel.

Help

This item launches the on-line help which provides more informaion on using this application.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

gnome-std-options

Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options( 5) for more information.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

FILES

The following files are used by this application:

/usr/lib/nwam-manager
Executable for NWAM Manager daemon

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability
Interface stabilityUncommitted

SEE ALSO

Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

nwam-manager-properties(1m), gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

Written by Darren Kenny, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2009.