[Techtalk] Basic connection questions

[mgmonza at sdf.lonestar.org]

On Mon, 27 May 2013, Maria McKinley wrote:

> Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 11:46:47 -0700
> From: Maria McKinley <mariak at mariakathryn.net>
> To: mgmonza at sdf.lonestar.org
> Cc: "[UTF-8] Eeva Järvinen" <ejarvinen at gmail.com>,
>     Techtalk <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
> Subject: Re: [Techtalk] Basic connection questions
> 
> I see no reason why this isn't a fine place to post this question.
>

Just seems pretty basic - good to know its okay.

> fwiw. I haven't tried it, but there are some configuration settings
> outlined in this page
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager
>
> that enables NM to use network/interfaces, and do some other stuff that
> gives you more control using configuration files instead of their tools.
> Seems like this stuff should also work on Ubuntu.

Those look like good things to try, especially if I remember to back up 
-everything- first.  Thanks!
>
> cheers,
> Maria
>

MG