[PC-BSD Testing] Public Beta of PC-BSD Network Manager 0.9.5

[Kris Moore]

As promised a while back, we've been hard at work on a new Network 
Manager GUI for PC-BSD 1.4 and beyond. The development has now reached 
the point were we can open it up to others, for testing and feedback.

The network beta is available as a PBI file from the following location:

http://www.pcbsd.org/~kris/NetworkManager0.9.5Beta-PV01.pbi

Once the PBI has been installed, you can launch the network manager from 
the "KMenu -> Settings -> System Administration -> Network 
Configuration" shortcut.

Please report any bugs or issues with this beta here on the testing 
list. Of particular interest are PPPoE issues, and WiFi connections.

--
Kris Moore
PC-BSD Software




Beta Notes
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Before installing this beta, users may wish to edit the /etc/rc.conf 
file manually, and remove the following lines:

.... snip ....
NIC="de em ixgb txp vx bfe bge dc fxp lge nge pcn re rl sf sis sk ste ti 
tl tx vge vr wb xl cs ed ex ep fe ie lnc sn xe an awi wi nve"

for i in $NIC; do
       eval ifconfig_${i}0="DHCP"
       eval ifconfig_${i}1="DHCP"
done
.... snip ....

This will ensure that any configuration setup with the new GUI tool, is 
indeed the one taking effect at bootup.