Re: [FF-laptop-LSU] WiFi Discussion Thread

    Hi  ,

  OpenSolaris / Illumos    had/has   a network connection switching 
tool   for  laptops  in place  15  years   ago.

             As   OpenSolaris  was  made Opensource.    the  tool 
should  be  possibible  to  adapt to FreeBSD.

              //Lars



Den 2025-10-15 kl. 10:11, skrev Alice Sowerby:
> Hi ykla,
>
> Sorry that it has taken so long to respond. I had an email filter 
> incorrectly set and missed your message.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. The Foundation's laptop project's scope 
> doesn't currently include this functionality, but it's good to hear 
> about what people are looking for from the laptop experience as this 
> can inform any future work that the Foundation commissions.
>
> In the meantime, the best place to seek support for new laptop 
> functionality is to attend the Laptop and Desktop Working Group [1] 
> where a list of in-progress community and Foundation laptop work is 
> being maintained, and new items may be added.
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Alice.
>
> [1] https://wiki.freebsd.org/LaptopDesktopWorkingGroup
>
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM ykla <yklaxds@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Currently, FreeBSD lacks proper support for tools such as
>     NetworkManager, plasma-nm, and nmcli. This has caused a very serious
>     impact on laptop and desktop users. Switching networks often requires
>     many command-line steps to complete, which is inconvenient and
>     unfriendly for daily use.
>
>     At the moment, the only similar software available is
>     net-mgmt/networkmgr, but unfortunately this tool is almost unusable.
>     It has many bugs, and its maintenance is not active.
>
>     I sincerely hope that in the future FreeBSD can have a tool similar to
>     NetworkManager (with GUI integration such as plasma-nm and CLI tools
>     like nmcli), which would significantly improve the user experience for
>     laptop and desktop users.
>
>     Thank you very much for your attention.
>     ykla
>