nwam-manager(1m) Maintenance Commands nwam-manager(1m)NAMEnwam-manager - GNOME UI for Network Auto-Magic (NWAM)
SYNOPSISnwam-manager [gnome-std-options]
DESCRIPTIONnwam-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 dis‐
played with the following parts:
Location
The first entry is always the Automatic entry, which repre‐
sents 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 Net‐
work Location Preferences editor to edit how these Network
Locations effect the system, and also the rules by which con‐
ditionally activated Network Locations are activated automati‐
cally.
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 net‐
work 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 wire‐
less 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 manu‐
ally 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 infor‐
maion 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 DESCRIPTIONFILES
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 TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │ │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface stability │Uncommitted │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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.
SunOS 5.11 1 Sep 2009 nwam-manager(1m)
