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More drivers for monitor mode in wireless cards  
Written by dragonx the 28 Feb 08 at 18:21. Global category: Internet & Networking. Won't implement
Only few wireless card can configure as monitor mode for analize traffic. This can help for incentivate the security in the access points or get the wep key of our neighbor
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #121
Written by dragonx the 28 Feb 08 at 18:21.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #121 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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Add to Firefox as default extensions  
Written by tomaszx the 3 Mar 08 at 22:38. Global category: Internet & Networking. Not an idea
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #2900
Written by tomaszx the 3 Mar 08 at 22:38.
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Add option to throttle speed of Synaptic and Update Manager  
Written by Cybercod the 29 Feb 08 at 02:45. Global category: Internet & Networking. New
Usually what keeps me from updating is just the bandwidth. I don't like to update if I'm not going to be nearby to address any issues that arise, and I don't like to have all my bandwidth (which isn't so great) taken up by a 200MB set of updates.

I would like to see the ability to throttle how much bandwidth the update process takes. Also, having the ability to do this in Synaptic would make it much nicer for when you wish to download some of the bigger games.

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #553
Written by Cybercod the 29 Feb 08 at 02:45.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #553 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!
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Solution #2: [Already implemented] Add bandwidth usage info
Written by arand the 11 Feb 09 at 11:59.
Add simple download rate info to update-manager dialogue.
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Solution #3: Add speed limiter
Written by arand the 11 Feb 09 at 12:00.
Add a simple option to limit bandwidth usage of updates
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Solution #4: add option "use idle bandwidth"
Written by yzarc the 11 Feb 09 at 22:09.
add option "use idle bandwidth". just download when are free bandwidth case this option is activated.
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Solution #5: Speed Limiter Using features already present in apt
Written by gmoon the 12 Apr 09 at 17:54.
Don't reinvent a square wheel, when we already have a full-feature one built into apt:

http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2008-02/msg01872.html

# cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/76download
Acquire

Queue-mode "access";
http

Dl-Limit "65";
;
;

All we need is an option added to synaptic that allows tweaking this value.

If you want to see this option added to Synaptic, vote!
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Solution #6: Speed limiter in the system not in the program
Written by iwantmore the 29 Apr 09 at 23:02.
Perhaps will be better to improve a general speed limiter in the firewall level or in a new program that control that in the system level. It will can control all the speed of the net of the system indiviality to each program, and not control each program his speed.
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Solution #7: Change the configuration automatically updates as the type of Internet connectio
Written by bilufe the 26 Jan 12 at 10:28.
I suggest that the system to witness connection with a limited traffic data to automatically change the configuration of the updates to just upgrade the core system packages, while a connection is detected without limitation of traffic the system change the setting to update all packages maintained by Ubuntu .

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Download Manager for Ubuntu, that actually works.   forum
Written by cyneuron the 1 Mar 08 at 17:59. Global category: Internet & Networking. Not an idea
Hello Friends.

I am witting this post after a frustrating experience in recently in Ubuntu....

I wanted to download few heavy videos (like 250 MB) from Google video. for this i needed a download manager.

I could not use:

1. Firefox own Download Manager as i needed to pause and resume downloads, sometime even after closing Firefox or restarting Ubuntu.

2. DownThemAll for same reasons as above...

I downloaded Gwget from Ubuntu repos and installed flashgot extension in Firefox.

Now when i sent download link to Gwget via flashget, Gwget didn't process the link and showed error "Can't write file" while even the firefox download manager and DownThemAll, both were able to download the .mp4 file.

Story doesn't end here....

I started looking for other download manager.

Aria Download Manager : There were no buttons when i opened the program. I don't know why. But the same problem was there with Aria in Ubuntu Feisty as well.


wxDownloadFast : not available in Ubuntu repo.....Gutsy package not available, neither on getdeb.net, nor on its official website....feisty and edgy package are unstable when installed in Gutsy....though it was the only one which could start the download....

[....]
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #2243
Written by cyneuron the 1 Mar 08 at 17:59.
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Phone can be a general remote control  
Written by Dreamscape9999 the 1 Mar 08 at 06:46. Global category: Internet & Networking. Won't implement
我希望的手机能够遥控我的电视，网络视频，空调，房间里 灯，手机可以作为一个遥控平台，我想这非常有趣，实用， 而且以目前的技术也不难做到。甚至可以在网卡中集成电视 的功能，使我们的电脑完全具有电视的功能，并且可以被统 的控制模块控制。
I hope my phone can remote control my TV,net media, air condition, lampe of my house, Phone can be a general remote control, I think it is very interesting, very practicality, and it's not difficult to become truth by now technology. furthermore, we can integrate the function of TV card to a net card, so the computer will have all function of TV, and can be remote controled by the same control module.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #2061
Written by Dreamscape9999 the 1 Mar 08 at 06:46.
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DNS Based Advertising Blocker  
Written by webhostage the 29 Feb 08 at 16:31. Global category: Internet & Networking. New
We need a new way of dealing with our DNS, if we would use different dns servers, that get updated with all the advertising IPs and block all those. Should be able to get rid of all advertising on the net.

Much like editing your own host file so Ad's don't show up anymore.

This is an easy solution and would not take long to implement.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #1556
Written by webhostage the 29 Feb 08 at 16:31.
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