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Re: Going wireless



On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 15:02 +0000, T o n g wrote:
> 1st of all, thanks everyone that responded. 
> 
> On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:16:57 +0200, Wolodja Wentland wrote:
> 
> > Check http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse
> > 
> > I am particularly fond of wpa_supplicant in roaming mode [1] but you
> > might want to take a look at wicd or network-mangler as well.
> 
> I've read many good words about wicd, an am planning to go for it. 

Good choice. You have to install wicd from backports.org though as it is
not available for stable.

wicd -- lenny-backports: 1.6.2.2-1~bpo50+1; sid: 1.7.0+ds1-2; 
        squeeze: 1.7.0+ds1-2

> Just to be 100% sure, with wpa_supplicant (from the wpasupplicant 
> package) in roaming mode, one doesn't necessarily need wicd, correct?

Absolutely - That wouldn't even work together :)
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